Submitted by 69FunnyNumberGuy420 t3_11a2eo9 in pittsburgh
69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9po7hn wrote
Reply to comment by SayTheLineBart in Pittsburgh driverless truck startup Locomation to close by 69FunnyNumberGuy420
Highway driver assist exists and has been around for a long time.
"Fully" autonomous does not and never will.
Calling driver assist "autonomous driving" just encourages people to nap behind the wheel or jerk off or whatever instead of paying attention.
SayTheLineBart t1_j9pps7u wrote
There are autonomous cars driving the streets of San Francisco today. I have seen the Waymo cars without a driver with my own eyes.
69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9prkc9 wrote
Yes, and I'm Master P and this is my Bentley.
SayTheLineBart t1_j9ps6zq wrote
Ok now you’re just being deliberately ignorant.
Here you go: https://waymo.com/
69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9psvj0 wrote
I'll believe it when I see these things in autonomous revenue service carrying paid passengers, and not a second beforehand. It's been "right around the corner" for over a decade now, and autonomous vehicle testing has shown that they're far deadlier per 100 million vehicle miles traveled than human drivers are.
SayTheLineBart t1_j9ptagr wrote
Dude, it’s already here. Lol, “Never” didn’t last very long.
69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9pttoa wrote
Weird, I just tried to call an autonomous taxi here in Pittsburgh but all the companies developing them went out of business.
If you're a big enough sucker to watch that video and think it means autonomous taxis are ready to go everywhere and anywhere, let me also sell you on another great investment: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen
SayTheLineBart t1_j9pu0yf wrote
What was that you said about moving goalposts?
“The technology isn’t accessible to all 8 billion people on Earth, therefore it doesn’t exist and NEVER will!”
69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9puahb wrote
You're looking at an easily faked demo video in a controlled setting and claiming that it means that the autonomous taxi is here and in revenue service now.
Like I said, call me when these things are in revenue service carrying paid passengers.
SayTheLineBart t1_j9pus4l wrote
Faked? Ok dude, /r/conspiracy is in need of your service. Watch out for those chemtrails
69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9pv5kj wrote
Companies lie about their projects all the time. The entire Nikola hyrogen-powered truck demo was faked.
https://gizmodo.com/electric-truck-maker-nikola-to-pay-125-million-in-sec-1848251455 https://electrek.co/2020/09/14/nikola-nkla-admits-faking-video-driving-prototype-weak-response/
If you can watch that video and conclude from it that it means that self-driving cars are coming to streets everywhere in America any minute, well, there's one of you born every minute.
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