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California just opened the floodgates for self-driving cars
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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Self driving cars are stupid. Invest in public transit instead.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
Exactly, don't divert investment in public transportation because you want your own personal AI chauffeur.
Hey, dont you start talking shit about Randy.
You think public taxes and fees are being delivered to autonomous vehicle development?
That's the original premise of this thread.
But also, yes, ultimately I think that's the direction this would end up going:
https://lemmy.world/comment/2298894
The premise is that you're just making shit up?
If you want to backtrack on your comment "perfect is the enemy of good" then you need to go up a couple levels in the thread and actually refute the original claim. I'm just replying your statement.
You'll deliberately misinterpret my words no matter where I comment.
If you've ever taken public transit in the US, you know no one is asking for perfect lol.
Hell, at this point we’re not even asking for good
Well where I live more and more people are choosing to not have cars because public transit covers their needs for transportation. People still get a drivers license, but don’t own a car. Car renting is big with a lot of streets having dedicated parking spots for them.
If those rental cars are going to be around, and if people want taxi apps because they don't own a car then there's two applications for self-driving tech.
Public transit is great, but it works best for dense areas along busy routes, and there's always people who want to go direct without transferring, or walking to a station. Suburbs and rural areas won't be relying on public transit, the activity is too low.
Self-driving cars lead to fewer deaths than human drivers, they will eventually be cheaper to insure than human drivers, and summoning a taxi without a person will be cheaper than one with one.