Tesla starts sort-of Robotaxi service in San Francisco by invite only Elon Musk's goal of a fully autonomous car that could serve as a Robotaxi is getting another trial this week, albeit with a human operator behind the wheel. Five years after Musk predicted that there would be a million self-driving Tesla taxis on the road, they finally launched an invitation-only trial with a handful of …
"Cue class action for all those mis-sold gen version that doesn’t FSD."
Oh, we'll get that anyway since the older hardware doesn't look like it will be able to run the latest software and Elon had promised cars that appreciated in value due to being able to be whored out as gypsy cabs while the owner slept.
the human labour substitution raison d'être of self(?) driving or robo cabs vanishes.
There should be legions of tech émigrés now cabbies and ubertards ready to regale the unsuspecting passenger with their dismal tales of their time in big tech and doubtlessly blaming Obama for all their woes.
Personally would prefer to walk and hoping that one of Space Karen's killer robo taxis doesn't have me in its sights; or take a bus where at least you can sit in the rear out of earshot of the driver.
What will the (safety) drivers wear?
Apparel from the Optimus Prime collection of look-like-a-robot line?
Or some sort of uniform? If so, which ones?
SS - safety staff
SA - supervising agent
SD - safety driver
NSDAP - not so digital auto pilot
