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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 hour ago

"How was your day, honey ?"

"I killed thirty people in a pile-up on Hwy74 remotely. I'll be a little late."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 47 minutes ago

Should be totally shut down until self diving is perfected. Shouldn't even be allowed the chance to lie about it.

Also they should get taxed into the ground. Like $5,000 Bill for signing a new customer up, and $60k every time the service is used. Daddy Warbucks can afford it and he be fixing the economy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

Basically what the self driving food delivery robots do in Berkeley, then

They are pretty autonomous, but if they get stuck then someone in Colombia takes control

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 hour ago

I'm in, with generations of GTA experience

[–] pjwestin 72 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

Ah yes, you know what's better than a taxi driver? A taxi driver who relies on a camera with a limited field of vision, experiences input and video lag, and receives none of the tactile sensations that allow drivers to gauge road conditions.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

also one that has no personal stake in the safety of their driving

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 3 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago)

Yeah, but you're ignoring one thing. I don't have to sit awkwardly hoping the driver doesn't talk to me. The risk/reward here might be screwed but I live dangerously.

Plus I welcome the opportunity to sue/fuck-over elon.

[–] Duamerthrax 12 points 2 hours ago

People who don't drive themselves will be responsible for the UI of all this.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This really just comes down to people in a certain income brackets are uncomfortable being in close contact with a working class person.

That's why they don't like trains, that's why they don't like taxis.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 minutes ago

I just love we have this nice simple solution to fix traffic congestion and its been around for so long. It even hurts when people say "im forced to take public transit" like really? Owning a car is not a right. I personally do not get the hate for public transportation.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 13 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Just subreptitiously sell it as a video game, you won't even have to pay the drivers. I don't see what could go wrong with this plan.

[–] Omgpwnies 2 points 41 minutes ago

With how popular trucking sims are... I don't think you're entirely off the mark

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago
[–] rational_lib 3 points 1 hour ago

On the one hand, this means they may be serious about actually trying to make this work. On the other hand, it'll almost certainly require a subscription to use the robotaxi in fully autonomous mode because that'll be an ongoing liability for Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] InnerScientist 17 points 3 hours ago

And to quote the comic:

"Crowdsourced steering" doesn't sound quite as appealing as "self driving."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

This, but it's identifying the Muslim to send to the camps. And if you fail, they force you to take a selfie to appear in the captcha yourself

[–] 2pt_perversion 35 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Waymo is doing the same. Mostly self-driving but when they get stuck a human at a help center takes the sticks. There are a lot of edge cases in the real world so it makes sense to just have the car programmed to be very conservative and let a human deal with it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 hours ago

My concern is that some driving situations need to be resolved immediately. That handover could be an issue.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] aeronmelon 7 points 4 hours ago

“CLASS D LICENSE!”

[–] [email protected] 78 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

3 weeks later:

"Your honour, it was the ping!"

[–] pdxfed 6 points 2 hours ago

Prosecution calls first witness; my teenage neighbor nemesis, his 28.8k baud modem, and Warcraft2

[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (7 children)

Hey more jobs for taxi drivers and safer to do from the comfort of your home. Just like a drone pilot!

Who would have thought that Taxi drivers one day would be able to work from home?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 hours ago

Nah, they'll still have to come into the office 3-4 days a week for "collaboration" and "cross-team building". But they can do their drone whatsyhootzit from their cramped cubicles!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm happy that the number of blow-jobs-while-working will increase for this sector

[–] [email protected] 48 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Lots of taxi drivers are already reckless. Imagine if they can drive remotely!

[–] [email protected] 46 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They'll be driving multiple cars at the same time, while drunk.

[–] Grimy 5 points 2 hours ago

Can't wait for the first 8 year old to be on trial for manslaughter because his dad had to go to the bathroom but didn't want to lose his fare.

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

“Remotely control”, or “drive” if you will.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Only with worse vision, worse reflexes and probably worse pay

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 hours ago

Worse pay and worse working conditions is the killer app of “tech” these days.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 hours ago

And without survival instinct or adrenaline to distract during decisions, great!

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