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What was promised with self-driving and what we have are orders of magnitude off. We were promised fleets of autonomous taxis - no need to even own a car anymor
by fred_is_fred 1y ago
What was promised with self-driving and what we have are orders of magnitude off. We were promised fleets of autonomous taxis - no need to even own a car anymore. We were told truck drivers would be replaced en-masse and cargo would drive 24x7 by drivers who never needed breaks. We were told downtown parking lots would disappear since the car would drop you off and drive to an offsite lot and wait for you. In short a complete blow up of the economy with millions of jobs in shipped lost and hundreds of billions of spend on new autonomous vehicles.
None of that happened. After 10 years we got self-driving cabs in 5 cities with mostly good weather. Cool, yes? Blowing up the entire economy and fundamentally changing society? No.
- ninetyninenine 1y agoI don't ride ubers anymore. It changed society in SF. You guys don't know what's coming.
- player1234 1y ago[flagged]