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See this is why I prefer robotaxis. At least I know I'll get a consistent experience every time. They all drive exactly the same way and always arrive exactly at my set pickup spot. They never cancel rides because they don't get too lazy to find the pickup spot I set. And the best part: No tipping.
Edit: Why the downvotes? Y'all have no idea what you're missing out on. Radar-based self-driving cars are the future, whether you like it or not. As someone who has been on hundreds of rides, I can assure you that they're they're a hell of a lot better at driving THAN* (LMAO) humans. I feel much safer in a robotaxi over an unpredictable Uber/Lyft driver.
It's why I prefer trains. That and once you experience good public transit it's really nice.
Agreed. Replacing something that creates traffic and congestion, car dependency and deaths with the same but slightly better is not much of an improvement.
Especially when we know for a fact public transportation used to be a thing in north america (where I'm assuming the other commenter is from) before the car industry bribes and acquisitions destroyed it for a larger profit.
I know it's off-topic but I found that typo funny given the context of the conversation. Driving at humans.
Lemmy has a AI-Hate boner, so everytime someone talks about automation, their brains have an automatic response compelling them to downvote, not realizing that the correct reaction is not "oh no, robots are replaving us", rather, it's "Okay, now tax the rich and give evryone UBI".
Jobs should be automated whenever possible, provided that it can meet safety requirements, but the profits from automation should belong to the people. In fact, people should outright (collectively) own that auto-taxi service.
There is a subset of people on lemmy who embody the npc :| >:| meme specifically for anything tangentially related to elon musk. Elon likes the idea of self driving cars so it's better if 10 people are killed by human drivers than 1 person is killed by a self driving car.
Yeah but Elon Musk thinks that camera-based self driving alone is adequate. I'm not talking about Teslas anyway. Fuck Tesla and fuck Musk. The robotaxis I ride in have several radar antennas on them in addition to the cameras, and they only drive in designated areas so there's no worry about them ever encountering unfamiliar terrain. Plus there's a screen in the car that shows you exactly what it sees and what its next move is going to be. That feature alone gives me peace-of-mind.
Honestly, riding in one feels so safe and predictable, that I have no qualms about reclining the seat and taking a nap. If more people tried them, maybe they'd understand what I'm getting at.