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Uber rides are either going to get really cheap, or they are going to go out of business. Waymo doesn't have the labor overhead and will eat their lunch. It is
by mike_d 6y ago
Uber rides are either going to get really cheap, or they are going to go out of business. Waymo doesn't have the labor overhead and will eat their lunch.
It is almost cute that we are trying to pass or block protections for a workforce that won't exist in 5 years.
- dboreham 6y agoObligatory note that self driving cars don't actually exist at present.
- anonuser123456 6y agoAre ghosts driving the Waymo fleet in AZ?
- xiphias2 6y agoThey exist. They are just not scaled up yet. Scaling is not tricial though, as hardware and real world is involved.
- coldcode 6y agoIn the long run Uber goes out of business, since it can only be profitable if the drivers are actual slaves and earn nothing. Until of course people perfect AI taxis, then all Uber drivers can get unemployment, oh, wait.
- Cederfjard 6y agoThat's extremely optimistic regarding the state of self-driving cars in 5 years.
- wil421 6y agoI will take your bet. No way full self-driving is coming and no way Waymo will deliver a self-driving taxi in 5 years that will compete with a driver based taxi. I can see Waymo or the like picking gimmicky routes like Las Vegas airport to select hotels/stops or another easy route in an area without rain. I don't mean the self-driving meaning that keeps getting reinvented every couple years to kick the can down the road. I mean the car is driving itself without a driver or remote driver in the majority of circumstances such as a rainstorm.
- derwiki 6y agoWaymo has a ride hailing service in Chandler: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2020/10/08/waymo-restarts-robotaxi-service-without-human-safety-drivers/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2020/10/08/waymo-re... Pretty sure they chose the area because of sunny skies and lack of rain, so if that’s what you consider a gimmicky route that’s fair.
- wil421 6y agoThey specifically choose states close to the West Coast because the climates do not have serious weather or rain. Nevada, California, Arizona etc. SF is a weird city compared to other places with hills and odd obstructions so a lot of them moved to Phoenix for testing. From an outsider, the regulatory environment in Arizona appears to be easier for companies that want to do this type of testing as opposed to highly regulated California.
- mdorazio 6y agoYou're moving the goal posts. The Chandler Waymo service is entirely driverless and not on a fixed route, with expanded service coming next year and additional cities opening up in 2022-2023. I encourage you to read up on Waymo's progress - it's quite a bit farther along than most people think.