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A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco::A Waymo car was destroyed in San Francisco as a crowd began vandalizing it and ultimately set the car on fire. Nobody was in the vehicle at the time.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Great, so anything that humans do that can potentially harm another human, should be given to the algorithms instead?

Sure, they're private for-profit blackbox algorithms, but it's obviously better then letting humans do things.

Don't worry, I'm sure once the tech oligarchs have secured just another 25% control over our daily lives, they'll start the giving back and bettering humanity parts of their business plans.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Great, so anything that humans do that can potentially harm another human, should be given to the algorithms instead?

Uh yeah, once it's proven safer why wouldn't you?

Because you're scared of the word algorithm?

Don't worry, I'm sure once the tech oligarchs have secured just another 25% control over our daily lives, they'll start the giving back and bettering humanity parts of their business plans.

You seem to have an issue with wealth distribution, not autonomous vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You seem to have an issue with wealth distribution, not autonomous vehicles.

How much could an autonomous car cost Michael, $10?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We're talking about a taxi service, not an individual's car. Waymo is not example of wealth inequality, unless the brush you use is as broad as "requires technology to run = tech bro devilry'.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Happen to know the cost of one Waymo taxi vs one taxi plus a person making a living from driving that taxi? I do know that Waymo charges more and almost all info is hidden.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In 2021 it cost Waymo ~$180k for a brand new Jaguar i-pace with all their sensors and computers outfitted. Given that 2021 i-paces started at $70k, we're looking at ~$100k for the sensors and computers necessary.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So since a taxi driver in san fran makes (according to a quick google) $48,384 a year we can assume this means they need at least 2 years out of these to break even. This is assuming it does not get set on fire from the driver who is now out of a job.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

What's your point? That's self driving systems are incredibly cheap and worth it? An ROI of 2 years on first generation hardware is very good spot to be in.