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On Oct 22, 2024, at 21:46, Darrell King via groups.io <DarrellGKing@...> wrote:
? Right? Imagine being able to commute and simultaneously read in one's Kindle without waiting in line...
No drunk drivers, no road rage, no fiddling with devices; it sounds like heaven.
On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, David Smith via <dvdcsmth=[email protected]> wrote:
See, Ed?? Darrell's converted already.? Humans, it has been proved by science, kill *far* more innocent little babies than fully computerized cars ever *could*.? Just think of all the millions of lovely lives that automation will surely save! ? ...you mean kinda like human drivers...?
It will be hailed as a great innovation until one of them runs over a baby in a stroller or crashes and bursts into flames with a screaming family trapped inside.
On Monday, October 21, 2024, David Smith via <dvdcsmth=[email protected]> wrote:
In his weekly questions a week or three ago, Marvin asked if readers would be comfortable using a wireless taxi.? It seems that "tens of thousands of paying passengers every week" are taking to them in California.? The American economy thrives on novelty.? They call it "progress" and Americans apparently love it.? The mentality of small children?
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On the streets of San Francisco these days, you¡¯re likely to come across dozens of white Jaguars with whirling sensors and cameras.
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Waymo has also gone on a marketing blitz, promoting the privacy of its cars for date night and stuffing fortune cookies at Chinatown restaurants with app-download QR codes. And it helped that Waymo¡¯s main competitor Cruise exited the market last fall after state regulators pulled its driverless permits.
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Meanwhile, Waymo is now setting its sights on the rest of the country. In addition to San Francisco, its robotaxi service operates in Phoenix and Los Angeles, just started giving rides in Austin, Texas, and plans to launch in Atlanta next year.
Eventually, Waymo said, it wants to take its cars overseas.
¡ªMeghan is a tech reporter based in San Francisco.
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