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Start making plans for “free busses” and by the time it’s implemented we’re already half-moved to the driverless infrastructure.

Do you live in New York City?

You keep linking to your own posts. But they only prove that you said something, not that what you said is true. You did the same thing with your NYT gift article. Which, from the image you posted, was just something you wrote that was under review. Your word isn’t data or evidence. It’s opinion.

Unless, of course, you’re not a fan of trusting China with rolling surveillance machines and your personal ability to not be hit by a billionaire profit generator while walking to work. The public reaction to these remains skeptical because tech bros give us no reason to trust them. Nor does China.

When I get a WAV Uber, they always lift me with the ramp and then manually lock me in with 4 straps (requires a person). If I had a rolator/walker, I could fold that up myself and slide it between seats. 👨‍🦽 are so much heavier. But not everyone can lift a folded rolator. We are all different.

Thank you! Waymo has been running adverts about how they’re actually just in it for disabled peoples’ mobility. And I find the very prospect that they want to pretend their profit motive is secondary to be a red flag.

That's a pass for me. I'll stick to public transportation. youtu.be/ThKTGsTM6lI?...

Amazon© can burn in hell with tesla.

Will adding billionaire made cars that weigh apparently 3 tons and exist solely to get the employees out of the profit margins will improve this?

Everything breaks down or acts up eventually. Not to have safety measures built into these cars is a fools decision.

You could not pay me to get in one of those. I’m not trusting a robot vehicle with my life.

Where are the safeguards for these hackable murder weapons. No off switch, no over ride steering, emergency braking, WTF? Who would trust their lives to one of things?

Fuck Amazon

"Every item in this car (and similar) was made by the lowest bidder, who then tried to find even more shortcuts, to save $$ and pad the CEO's pay package". EVERY ITEM. Make no mistake.

Fuck that thing entirely. Y'all. They're disappearing political dissidents. That thing will have all your information and just take you straight to the camps and you'll be locked inside.

IDK, how about like trains... Also, never giving any more money to Amazon

What happens if there is a mechanical or passenger problem?

I’ve been breathlessly assured recently that this is just a normal part of the change of the economy over time. Which I would buy if it wasn’t also another ratcheting of income equality in a time where it is almost as bad as 1860.

This is ridiculous and dangerous how elite billionaires are working to eliminate any human accountability for accidents. I saw someone kick the $400 roomba their spouse just got, across a tiny room like a football, and this drive for even more technology that the majority won’t ever need is awful

My mood swing for self driving cars.... Nope.

Oh, you know "Lex Luthor Wannabe" will find the way to charge you later.

Fuck that! I will NEVER ride in an Amazon vehicle.

But but but Tesla is somehow acknowled as the robotaxi future even though they seem to be always behind.

Safety belts?

Smash them with hammers

My phone, computer, computerized watch, etc. screws up. We often get recalls on car parts that have been around forever. My GPS sometimes takes me in circles. Too soon for driverless cars. My theory is this is being rolled out quickly because potential revenue outweighs potential lawsuits .

Why would Amazon charge people to be guinea pigs? And why the fuck would anyone trust Amazon with their safety?

This is why regulations are needed.

my ass is never getting ina fucking "zoox." keep that seus shit in books only

Hop in this free death box and hope for the best. If you're lucky it will take you where you want to go.

So no way to intervene in an emergency. Awesome.

Get somebody else to do it .

What’s the over/under that these are controlled by some dude in India like the cashless Whole Foods?

what could go wrong?

Hopefully it kills less people per year than Teslas

How go you stop it if it goes wrong?

No thank you

Please stop promoting billionaires

Welp, at least they are already coffin sized.

Tax the rich!

This comes under "what could go wrong?" for me ... Big nope.

Don’t be silly! Merely setting foot inside the box itself is considered a legally binding NDA on our part! 😏

Ah good old enshittification. Invented by drug dealers and now used by tech companies. "The first one is free!"

Bet they burn nicely

Awesome - take the human element out of it and ride in vehicles that cut corners to keep cost down. Excellent idea Forbes.

this is way better than those nasty trains am i right. hopefully this helps the rich get more rich

Beatles album cover?

What waiver do you have to sign?

Frankly,I love the look of the vehicle! But then I really love quirky old vehicles! However, I’m not ready to ride in an AI controlled vehicle yet, if ever!

You, like a human driver, would never make a mistake.

Why on earth would a word-prediction machine predict "wheal" in that context?

There is not a chance in hell I would ride in one of those things it's a suicide run I would rather ride a bike or walk or take mass transit which is what this country needs at the very least put a f****** steering wheel in it and give the driver some kind of control Jesus WTF

That sounds like a great idea Especially for pedestrians, bicyclists, stopped cars esp on expressway, intersections and parked cars Why are ppl too lazy to drive?

So we’re doing research on live humans then? Stop consuming shit like this and they’ll stop making it 🤦‍♀️

Wow. Abbey Road looks so different now!

I have worked in Information Technology for decades. People have too much faith in AI, especially self driving vehicles. My understanding of even the best coders makes me say this.

😂😂

😂😂😂

A lot of them do. Look in the front left seat.

…and glp-1 prices will drop if ppl start chasing public transport (like rest of the world)

I'll wait 'til they have a vehicle that can hold over 50 people. Oh, that's a bus, and we have it already. Cone the robots.

You couldn't buy me into one of those fucking cars

What if a bus bus is smaller and worse?

No thanks

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If it fattens Bezos' wallet I would boycott it. Even if it doesn't I would still boycott it for taking jobs away and for safety reasons. Tech bros, there are many people like me who want you to fail. Your arrogance disgusts us.👎

Actually, I wish they were on a track, so the rest of us could avoid them. Like trolleys.

Why are they allowed to deploy this kind of thing before they have regulatory approval? So glad I live in the UK, where cybertrucks aren't road legal, let alone this nonsense.

WestWorld.

On brand for tech bros, tbh

Techbrofascists invent a worse version of something that already exists, puts the public at risk with irresponsible and dangerous product testing. Invertebrate corpo bootlickers pretending to be journalists push sponsored content to shill this garbage.

"It'll hurt traditional horse and buggy manufacturing!" Cried monacled landlord and banker Billerson McMoneygrabber the third. "Ban these nonsensical, wicked doodads!"

Amazing. I can leave my house. Be on a public bus within an hour on a public high-speed train. On a ferry to the European Continent with high-speed trains to all European capital cities 44 in total. While American travellers are still waiting at their airports. For an internal flight. 🇮🇪🇪🇺

This is wildly fascinating.

No thanks I’m a @waymo.bsky.social person no more Bezos anything

Wouldn’t trust a robot-taxi .

Fucks sake boycot this tech ...it takes food off the table for millions of drivers and fill the pockets of a few silicon valley billionaires

What could go wrong! LOL

yup, exactly

Much like a drug dealer, our corporate overlords are giving out free samples of their job killing profit generator. How “kind” of them

NFW on thst stupid idea, pal

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Gad, zoox?

And now that I know the new Waymo cars are 3 tons…that’s double the weight of my car, if not more. There is no way getting hit by that won’t cause a lot of damage!

Nope.

Cautionary tale, they are governed by an autopen

Nope

Too bad it is from Amazon. I might have otherwise tried them.

Yes! They could even charge a nominal amount, like 1 or 2 bucks, but let seniors ride free or something!

Do you ask that when the convo is about Uber?

“If they’re volunteering, they can’t sue for injury” Is that the thought process here?

That’s a hard No for me

What could go wrong? This sounds like a disaster waiting to happen

Welcome to Westworld

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Free, id imagine thats with intent to destroy everybody else