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What do you see as the build vs buy preference here? Are you better off being Uber and investing billions in self-driving technology (assuming an ideal world wi
by sgustard 9y ago
What do you see as the build vs buy preference here? Are you better off being Uber and investing billions in self-driving technology (assuming an ideal world with no lawsuits or misconduct), vs Lyft partnering for the same features? Frankly, I don't see the advantage of a software and logistics company going off on a robotics and AI track. Self-driving will take decades but eventually will become commodity technology.
- problems 9y agoIf we're not extremely careful about it, it may not become commodity technology, it may rest solely in the hands of a few companies who maintain full control of it. All it would really take is a few big successful players who are behaving like Tesla (you're not allowed to use self-driving for ride sharing) and a few nasty failures from smaller players before regulators crack down and say "okay, you now need to meet these extremely stringent guidelines and provide an enormous sum in insurance" which would basically inhibit competition. It's a nasty mix of capitalism and regulation that can kill a market before it really starts.