Waymo Robotaxis Are Giving 100,000 Rides a Week. It'll Soon Be More.

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• NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They gonna get waymo fares

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  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hi dad!

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• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good. Every les impatient, wreckless human driver on the road, the better.

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  • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    These things are programmed by impatient, wreckless, human, drivers…

    I cant believe they allow these things on our roads as a public beta test.

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    • invertedspear@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good thing they aren’t on your roads then, being that you’re not American, and therefore not in either of the metropolitan areas they operate. They are on my roads however, I see them all the time. I see constant terrible driving from all kinds of people, but these things are patient and I don’t think I’ve personally seen one make a mistake.

      By referring to their current stage of deployment as a public beta like it’s a bad thing you show a ton of ignorance on how testing cycles work as well. No amount of alpha testing would make these safe for broad deployment into real world scenarios that test designers can’t dream up. This is exactly the type of slow roll out that is required to get as much real experiences as possible to be programmed for.

      I have no doubt these things aren’t perfect, but they are a lot better than an overworked and tired human being the wheel.

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  • gcheliotis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Be careful with that logic, these are jobs forever lost to robots. They will eventually come for your job or the job of someone you know. Increasingly the question won’t be whether robots can do X better than humans, but whether they should.

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    • themoken@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Reason number one million capitalism sucks. We should be happy to turn over dangerous or menial jobs to machines but we can’t do that because without jobs our society views us as worthless.

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s literally the goal.

      I used to do electrical engineering at an architecture firm, and we would say, design a hospital that has 300 identical exam rooms in it.

      Guess what happens when someone decides that we need one more outlet in one of those rooms? Or that they need to be on the other wall? Or that a new piece of furniture gets added?

      Do you think that all 300 rooms would just update with that new requirement? No. It is someone’s job to sit there, click on the outlet on the pallette in the left side of their screen, drag it into the room, rotate it properly, attach it to the right wall, give it a circuit from the panel, and then repeat for 300 rooms.

      I learned how to write software because I realized what a fucking crock of shit waste of time that is. Why are you celebrating and defending menial bullshit that can be automated? A utopian future is literally only possible if we automate away most jobs.

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• MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • Parabola@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Welcome to johnnycab!

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    • MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So it begins…

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• 4vgj0e@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only a matter of time when these robotaxis become a trend and start populating major cities. Eventually roads and infrastructure will get built for these cars for the sake of “convince”, thus leaving out any kind of investment for public transportation and walkable roads.

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• Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  100,000 rides a week. Impressive.

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• essteeyou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve used them a few times now and the novelty hasn’t worn off yet.

  When it does wear off I think I’ll move back to alternatives that cost less, unless Waymo gets competitive on price.

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  • techwithjake@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Interesting, when I took Waymo, it was cheaper than Uber and Lyft, pre tip.

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  • Syntha@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How much more does it cost to the alternatives?

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    • essteeyou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Uber is quoting me about $15 for a journey that Waymo charged me $19 for.

      There’s a tip to add for the Uber ride. I’m not sure what the cost for Uber would have been when I took the Waymo.

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• paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s more than I would have expected at this stage. Huh.

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