Can’t wait for this, Waymo has been great the few times I’ve tried it in the states
> Greenwood, who attended the Waymo event, said she expected driverless vehicles to make city roads safer.
> “We know that unlike human drivers, automated vehicles don’t get tired, don’t get distracted and don’t drive under the influence,” she said.
Not convinced personally. Humans have their flaws, but their ability to react to unanticipated situations thrown at them is far more efficient than that of a robot that is preprogrammed to react to anticipated situations.
I’m not so worried about robotaxis being unsafe. My concern is that AI is going to nuke the gig economy and entire industries from orbit.
What matters is that autonomous vehicles are safer and cheaper than actual human labour, and that’s a pretty low bar.
Are we ready for the millions of lorry drivers, cabbies, deliverymen and couriers that could end up losing their jobs to AI?
These would be a game-changer in rural areas far more than cities. Being able to access a 24/7 taxi service in an area with few buses and distances too far to walk would be a massive quality of life boost.
I suspect it would take a while to train a model that works on rural roads though.
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Can’t wait for this, Waymo has been great the few times I’ve tried it in the states
> Greenwood, who attended the Waymo event, said she expected driverless vehicles to make city roads safer.
> “We know that unlike human drivers, automated vehicles don’t get tired, don’t get distracted and don’t drive under the influence,” she said.
Not convinced personally. Humans have their flaws, but their ability to react to unanticipated situations thrown at them is far more efficient than that of a robot that is preprogrammed to react to anticipated situations.
I’m not so worried about robotaxis being unsafe. My concern is that AI is going to nuke the gig economy and entire industries from orbit.
What matters is that autonomous vehicles are safer and cheaper than actual human labour, and that’s a pretty low bar.
Are we ready for the millions of lorry drivers, cabbies, deliverymen and couriers that could end up losing their jobs to AI?
These would be a game-changer in rural areas far more than cities. Being able to access a 24/7 taxi service in an area with few buses and distances too far to walk would be a massive quality of life boost.
I suspect it would take a while to train a model that works on rural roads though.