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I don't have a pulse on how far self-driving has come from a tech standpoint, but from an outsider's perspective I'd say it is "achieved" when I can order a sel

by skizm 2y ago

I don't have a pulse on how far self-driving has come from a tech standpoint, but from an outsider's perspective I'd say it is "achieved" when I can order a self-driving car from an app in all of the top 10 most populated cities in the US (since that's where it is being developed) with as much consistency as uber/lyft. The real final boss for self-driving will be the government red-tape that companies will need to get through. I doubt local governments will be a laissez faire with self-driving as they were with uber being an illegal taxi company.

metalliqaz 2y ago
the final boss will be the first big lawsuit against a manufacturer for liability after someone is killed by a driverless car Of course, then we will eventually see infrastructure become even more hostile to non-drivers and people will have to sue their own governments for the right to exist in public without paying transport companies. Strong Towns tried to warn us
- skizm 2y ago
  Didn’t that already happen in Phoenix? They paused the program there, but unsure if there was actually a lawsuit or settlement.
  - metalliqaz 2y ago
    Wasn't there a human "monitor" in the car?
    - mrguyorama 2y ago
      There was, but the reality is that the modern US regulatory environment demonstrably doesn't care whether cars labled as self driving are actually capable of that safely, and have not demonstrated any interest in regulating such, and that was BEFORE we popularly elected a group of charlatans, hacks, and grifters that have all made "The courts will bend over backwards for us and our wealth" a huge part of America. Like, Reagan's instructions to the regulatory agencies to basically stand down was only just beginning to be undone after 40 years, and we immediately elected the people promising to slam hard in the other direction. America will be a regulatory free for all for business for decades.

by skizm 2y ago

metalliqaz 2y ago

the final boss will be the first big lawsuit against a manufacturer for liability after someone is killed by a driverless car Of course, then we will eventually see infrastructure become even more hostile to non-drivers and people will have to sue their own governments for the right to exist in public without paying transport companies. Strong Towns tried to warn us

skizm 2y ago
Didn’t that already happen in Phoenix? They paused the program there, but unsure if there was actually a lawsuit or settlement.
- metalliqaz 2y ago
  Wasn't there a human "monitor" in the car?
  - mrguyorama 2y ago
    There was, but the reality is that the modern US regulatory environment demonstrably doesn't care whether cars labled as self driving are actually capable of that safely, and have not demonstrated any interest in regulating such, and that was BEFORE we popularly elected a group of charlatans, hacks, and grifters that have all made "The courts will bend over backwards for us and our wealth" a huge part of America. Like, Reagan's instructions to the regulatory agencies to basically stand down was only just beginning to be undone after 40 years, and we immediately elected the people promising to slam hard in the other direction. America will be a regulatory free for all for business for decades.