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A Driverless Car in China Hit a Pedestrian. Social Media Users Are Siding With the Car (time.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by ooli@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] hakase@sh.itjust.works -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (15 children)

How does "driverless cars hitting people is so incredibly rare that a single instance of it immediately becomes international news" at all signify "boring dystopia"? If anything we should be ecstatic that the technology to eliminate the vast majority of car deaths is so close and seems to be working so well.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of ridiculously, insanely amazing.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

I see you're not familiar with the trend of autonomous vehicles hitting pedestrians and parked cars. ~~They've been completely banned~~ They were suspended from San Francisco after many, many incidents. So far their track is inferior to humans (see Tesla Autopilot, Waymo, and Cruise), so you don't need to worry about perfect.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

As someone who was literally just in San Fran, the driverless cars are not only a thing, but they're booked out days in advance so idk where you're getting your info from

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They were suspended last year. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/technology/cruise-driverless-san-francisco-suspended.html

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I was in 2 of them in Phoenix. June 18th/19th est time. Took one home from the bar, and one to go pick up the rental car from the bar to drop off at the air port.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Here's a picture of one driving around a couple weeks ago

Self Driving in San Fran

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