I didn’t read it as them saying “therefore this isn’t a problem,” it was an explanation for why it happened. Think about human explanations for accidents: “they pulled out in front of me” “they stopped abruptly”. Those don’t make it ok that an accident happened either.
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overzeetop@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The description of an unexpected/(impossible) orientation for an on road obstacle works as an excuse, right up to the point where you realize that the software should, explicitly, not run into anything at all. That’s got to be, like, the first law of (robotic) vehicle piloting.
It was just lucky that it happened twice as, otherwise, Alphabet likely would have shrugged it off as some unimportant, random event.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 11 months ago
___@lemm.ee 11 months ago
It would have been a different article if two waymos decided to take a wrong turn off a cliff.
dan1101@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Billionaires get to alpha test their software on public roads and everyone is at risk.
nivenkos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s great though - that’s how you get amazing services and technological advancement.
I wish we had that. In Europe you’re just stuck paying 50 euros for a taxi in major cities (who block the roads, etc. to maintain their monopolies).
Meanwhile in the USA you guys have VR headsets, bioluminescent houseplants and self-driving cars (not to mention the $100k+ salaries!), it’s incredible.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lol I appreciate your enthusiasm for the USA but grass is always greener.
Patches@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Bruh in the US of A the grass is greener because it’s made of polypropylene and spray painted green. Just don’t smell it, or look too hard.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Most of us are in poverty, I dont know when but we’re in another gilded age and just like the last was underneath the gold is rusty iron.
BakerBagel@midwest.social 11 months ago
Yeah it’s $40 for an Uber in Columbus or Cleveland as well. There isn’t a monopoly on taxis creating that price, thats just how much it actually costs to rent a car for cross city travel.
If you want a no regulations/free market at the helm, you want to move to India. They have all the rules you love.
JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Bioluminescent house plants are cool but as an American I can tell you right now that my luxury bones hurt.
nivenkos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s the same in Europe though, dentistry isn’t covered on public insurance in the UK, Spain, Sweden, etc.
redfox@infosec.pub 11 months ago
I appreciate/understand your envy. I’m not sure why everyone disagrees so much unless they have also lived under similar constraints.
Unless sarcasm.
HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee 11 months ago
We have something like that here too: MOIA in Hamburg.