#robotaxis — Public Fediverse posts
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Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech
Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don't withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn't close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale? #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #tesla #selfdriving #robotaxis #technology Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe:
https://fllics.com/en/video/why-teslas-ai-trainers-dont-trust-its-self-driving-tech/
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Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech
Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don't withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn't close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale? #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #tesla #selfdriving #robotaxis #technology Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe:
https://fllics.com/en/video/why-teslas-ai-trainers-dont-trust-its-self-driving-tech/
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Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech
Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don't withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn't close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale? #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #tesla #selfdriving #robotaxis #technology Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe:
https://fllics.com/en/video/why-teslas-ai-trainers-dont-trust-its-self-driving-tech/
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Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech
Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don't withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn't close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale? #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #tesla #selfdriving #robotaxis #technology Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe:
https://fllics.com/en/video/why-teslas-ai-trainers-dont-trust-its-self-driving-tech/
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Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech
Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don't withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn't close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale? #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #tesla #selfdriving #robotaxis #technology Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe:
https://fllics.com/en/video/why-teslas-ai-trainers-dont-trust-its-self-driving-tech/
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Software issues are causing driverless Waymo taxis to drive into flooded city streets.
#USA #tech #driverless #Waymo #RoboTaxis
-----Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads ~
The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/waymo-taxi-suspended-atlanta.html
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Software issues are causing driverless Waymo taxis to drive into flooded city streets.
#USA #tech #driverless #Waymo #RoboTaxis
-----Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads ~
The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/waymo-taxi-suspended-atlanta.html
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Software issues are causing driverless Waymo taxis to drive into flooded city streets.
#USA #tech #driverless #Waymo #RoboTaxis
-----Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads ~
The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/waymo-taxi-suspended-atlanta.html
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Software issues are causing driverless Waymo taxis to drive into flooded city streets.
#USA #tech #driverless #Waymo #RoboTaxis
-----Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads ~
The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/waymo-taxi-suspended-atlanta.html
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Software issues are causing driverless Waymo taxis to drive into flooded city streets.
#USA #tech #driverless #Waymo #RoboTaxis
-----Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads ~
The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/waymo-taxi-suspended-atlanta.html
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https://www.europesays.com/es/565608/ Waymo suspende sus robotaxis en las autopistas de EEUU por problemas de seguridad #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #Internacional #International #InternationalNews #InternationalNews #las #LatestNews #LatestNews #News #Noticias #NoticiasDestacadas #NoticiasDestacadas #robotaxis #sus #suspende #Titulares #ÚltimasNoticias #ÚltimasNoticias #waymo #World #WorldNews #WorldNews
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Waymo Temporarily Halts Robotaxi Service in Four Cities Due to Flooding Risks
📰 Original title: Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/waymo-temporarily-halts-robotaxi-service-in-four-cities-due-to-flooding-risks.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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🤖🚗💦 Way to go, Waymo! Your cutting-edge #robotaxis have mastered the art of #aquatic #navigation, but forgot the minor detail of staying on roads. Next stop: Atlantis! 🌊🚙💫
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-pauses-atlanta-service-as-its-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods/ #Waymo #Technology #Humor #Atlantis #HackerNews #ngated -
Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods
#HackerNews #Waymo #Robotaxis #Atlanta #Floods #AutonomousVehicles #TechNews #DrivingSafety
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BMD-96. Robotaxis «tontos»
Imagen: IA.https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gH3a4NNMtbANIXfCsknaj?si=7abf962f62a142a3
Soy Carlos Vitesse, y esto es Bitácora Mental Daily.
La inteligencia artificial ya es parte de nuestro día a día, pero en algunas aplicaciones, parece todavía un poco «verde», por ejemplo, en los robotaxis.
En diciembre pasado, en San Francisco, EE. UU., muchísimos vehículos de la compañía Waymo quedaron detenidos en la calle cuando un incendio dejó parte de la ciudad sin semáforos. Los robotaxis no supieron qué hacer y quedaron parados.
Y ahora retirarán momentáneamente de servicio 3.800 vehículos, por riesgo de seguridad, ya que se ha comprobado que en zonas donde se acumula agua, circulan a demasiada velocidad. Tendrán que revisar el software y, de momento, evitarán zonas donde repentinamente podría haber inundaciones.
En China, hace poco también se quedaron detenidos muchísimos robotaxis, por un fallo técnico en el sistema del servicio Apollo Go, y de momento no se darán nuevas licencias, se frena la expansión de la compañía y no podrá iniciar nuevos proyectos, mientras se estudia el tema.
Gracias por leer o escuchar este contenido, y te espero en el próximo.
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BMD-96. Robotaxis «tontos»
Imagen: IA.https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gH3a4NNMtbANIXfCsknaj?si=7abf962f62a142a3
Soy Carlos Vitesse, y esto es Bitácora Mental Daily.
La inteligencia artificial ya es parte de nuestro día a día, pero en algunas aplicaciones, parece todavía un poco «verde», por ejemplo, en los robotaxis.
En diciembre pasado, en San Francisco, EE. UU., muchísimos vehículos de la compañía Waymo quedaron detenidos en la calle cuando un incendio dejó parte de la ciudad sin semáforos. Los robotaxis no supieron qué hacer y quedaron parados.
Y ahora retirarán momentáneamente de servicio 3.800 vehículos, por riesgo de seguridad, ya que se ha comprobado que en zonas donde se acumula agua, circulan a demasiada velocidad. Tendrán que revisar el software y, de momento, evitarán zonas donde repentinamente podría haber inundaciones.
En China, hace poco también se quedaron detenidos muchísimos robotaxis, por un fallo técnico en el sistema del servicio Apollo Go, y de momento no se darán nuevas licencias, se frena la expansión de la compañía y no podrá iniciar nuevos proyectos, mientras se estudia el tema.
Gracias por leer o escuchar este contenido, y te espero en el próximo.
Puedes escuchar este Bitácora Mental Daily en todas estas plataformas y aplicaciones:
Aquí tienes el Feed del podcast
Más sobre Carlos Vitesse en:
Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Threads | Bluesky
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Waymo's cutting-edge 🤖 #robotaxis have been recalled because apparently, they've decided that driving into swimming pools is the new shortcut 🚗💦. Maybe next time they'll try water wings before they tackle the puddles. Access denied... much like their common sense. 🙃
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html #Waymo #Recall #SwimmingPools #TechHumor #AutonomousVehicles #HackerNews #ngated -
Waymo's cutting-edge 🤖 #robotaxis have been recalled because apparently, they've decided that driving into swimming pools is the new shortcut 🚗💦. Maybe next time they'll try water wings before they tackle the puddles. Access denied... much like their common sense. 🙃
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html #Waymo #Recall #SwimmingPools #TechHumor #AutonomousVehicles #HackerNews #ngated -
Waymo's cutting-edge 🤖 #robotaxis have been recalled because apparently, they've decided that driving into swimming pools is the new shortcut 🚗💦. Maybe next time they'll try water wings before they tackle the puddles. Access denied... much like their common sense. 🙃
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html #Waymo #Recall #SwimmingPools #TechHumor #AutonomousVehicles #HackerNews #ngated -
Waymo's cutting-edge 🤖 #robotaxis have been recalled because apparently, they've decided that driving into swimming pools is the new shortcut 🚗💦. Maybe next time they'll try water wings before they tackle the puddles. Access denied... much like their common sense. 🙃
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html #Waymo #Recall #SwimmingPools #TechHumor #AutonomousVehicles #HackerNews #ngated -
Waymo's cutting-edge 🤖 #robotaxis have been recalled because apparently, they've decided that driving into swimming pools is the new shortcut 🚗💦. Maybe next time they'll try water wings before they tackle the puddles. Access denied... much like their common sense. 🙃
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html #Waymo #Recall #SwimmingPools #TechHumor #AutonomousVehicles #HackerNews #ngated -
Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'
#HackerNews #Waymo #robotaxis #recalls #water #safety #autonomous #vehicles #technology
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Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis to fix a software glitch that allows autonomous vehicles to drive into flooded roadways
The autonomous vehicle company issued a voluntary recall to fix software issues that could allow vehicles to drive into standing water.
https://newsnews.ai/article/waymo-recalls-robotaxis-flooded-road-glitch
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Uber stock jumps on strong forecast despite Iran woes
Uber's shares rose after the company forecast second-quarter bookings of nearly $58 billion, beating estimates, as it expands in Australia and new markets, and pursues partnerships to integrate robotaxis, despite a headwind from the Iran war. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #uber #iranwar #robotaxis Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow…
https://fllics.com/en/video/uber-stock-jumps-on-strong-forecast-despite-iran-woes/
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Uber stock jumps on strong forecast despite Iran woes
Uber's shares rose after the company forecast second-quarter bookings of nearly $58 billion, beating estimates, as it expands in Australia and new markets, and pursues partnerships to integrate robotaxis, despite a headwind from the Iran war. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #uber #iranwar #robotaxis Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow…
https://fllics.com/en/video/uber-stock-jumps-on-strong-forecast-despite-iran-woes/
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Uber stock jumps on strong forecast despite Iran woes
Uber's shares rose after the company forecast second-quarter bookings of nearly $58 billion, beating estimates, as it expands in Australia and new markets, and pursues partnerships to integrate robotaxis, despite a headwind from the Iran war. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #uber #iranwar #robotaxis Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow…
https://fllics.com/en/video/uber-stock-jumps-on-strong-forecast-despite-iran-woes/
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Uber stock jumps on strong forecast despite Iran woes
Uber's shares rose after the company forecast second-quarter bookings of nearly $58 billion, beating estimates, as it expands in Australia and new markets, and pursues partnerships to integrate robotaxis, despite a headwind from the Iran war. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #uber #iranwar #robotaxis Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow…
https://fllics.com/en/video/uber-stock-jumps-on-strong-forecast-despite-iran-woes/
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Uber stock jumps on strong forecast despite Iran woes
Uber's shares rose after the company forecast second-quarter bookings of nearly $58 billion, beating estimates, as it expands in Australia and new markets, and pursues partnerships to integrate robotaxis, despite a headwind from the Iran war. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #uber #iranwar #robotaxis Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow…
https://fllics.com/en/video/uber-stock-jumps-on-strong-forecast-despite-iran-woes/
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Nuro y el Futuro de los Robotaxi…
Nuro es una startup de vehículos autónomos ubicada en Silicon Valley que ha recibido un permiso para realizar pruebas de su tecnología de conducción autónoma. Este permiso es crucial, ya que representa un paso significativo hacia la validación de su modelo de negocio.
https://norvik.tech/news/nuro-permiso-pruebas-autonomas-2026
#Startups #Nuro #VehiculosAutonomos #Robotaxis #SiliconValley #NorvikTech #DesarrolloSoftware #TechInnovation
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Nuro y el Futuro de los Robotaxi…
Nuro es una startup de vehículos autónomos ubicada en Silicon Valley que ha recibido un permiso para realizar pruebas de su tecnología de conducción autónoma. Este permiso es crucial, ya que representa un paso significativo hacia la validación de su modelo de negocio.
https://norvik.tech/news/nuro-permiso-pruebas-autonomas-2026
#Startups #Nuro #VehiculosAutonomos #Robotaxis #SiliconValley #NorvikTech #DesarrolloSoftware #TechInnovation
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Nuro y el Futuro de los Robotaxi…
Nuro es una startup de vehículos autónomos ubicada en Silicon Valley que ha recibido un permiso para realizar pruebas de su tecnología de conducción autónoma. Este permiso es crucial, ya que representa un paso significativo hacia la validación de su modelo de negocio.
https://norvik.tech/news/nuro-permiso-pruebas-autonomas-2026
#Startups #Nuro #VehiculosAutonomos #Robotaxis #SiliconValley #NorvikTech #DesarrolloSoftware #TechInnovation
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This is the script of my national network radio report yesterday on increasing problems with robotaxis interfering with emergency first responders. As always there may have been minor wording variations from this script as I presented this report live on air.
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Well we've talked before about the concerns that the public in general and emergency first responders in particular have about robotaxis. And we've talked about the various stories of them freezing up, blocking intersections, invading law enforcement activities, slowing ambulances and paramedics from reaching injured persons, blowing past street stop signs and school bus stop signals and more. And the 800 pound robotaxi gorilla is Alphabet's Waymo. Alphabet as we know is also the parent company of Google.
Waymo is rapidly expanding into more and more cities. You might think that with these kinds of incidents and others, like Waymo depots keeping residents up all night with loud noises from robotaxis coming in and out, and many other Waymo-related problems, that Waymo would be bending over backwards to be good citizens in the communities that they want to serve.
But it's more apparent than ever now that at least when it come to Waymo, they've inherited the "move fast and break things" arrogance that was a hallmark of Google in its early days, before they grew up a bit and actually entered the period where they became world class when it came to user privacy and security. But it seems that we've now come full circle, and hubris is indeed the word for Alphabet and Waymo.
Some of this is undoubtedly being driven -- no pun intended of course -- by the related AI-hype. And AI-hype is being supercharged by the federal government pressing for "AI Everywhere". Massive, electricity and water hungry, often polluting data centers being pushed into unspoiled rural areas, federal pressure being exerted on states to try force them not to implement their own common-sense AI regulations. Those could help protect their citizens against AI Slop, deepfakes, and AI-powered spams, scams, and malware. And we know why this is the case, politicians in both parties know which side of their bread the butter is on, and Big Tech knows where to make campaign contributions.
Some states have begun to fight back a bit against the rampant risks from robotaxis. California for example has just declared some rules about giving emergency responders the ability to have some control over where robocars can go and when they have to immediately leave an area. And they've set a short time limit on how long Waymo robotaxi remote operators have to respond to calls from emergency responders.
But really this is only scratching the surface of what's needed. Because Waymo now clearly has no real interest in what the public thinks about the sometimes dangerous mess their robotaxis are creating. They're now actually refusing to attend scheduled public meetings to discuss these problems with the public, saying that they've already said all that they have to say. Total, absolute arrogance. They're Alphabet, they're Google, they're Waymo. They're going to do what they want to do. And they feel that nobody can stop them.
That's the view of Big Tech generally these days. And maybe they're right that nobody can stop them on their relentless march to further enrich their billionaire CEOs. Because so far, regulators and politicians by and large -- with a handful of exceptions -- have been letting them run wild over our communities when it comes to robocars, robotaxis, and AI more generally. It's clear that there seems to be a widespread feeling among these firms and their supporters that AI is at the top and ordinary people are at the bottom.
So we see what the reality looks like. It's not the AI systems themselves that we have to fear -- it's not evil machines plotting against us. They are, after all, just machines. It's the AI firms and the managements of these firms who need to be held responsible for what the AI push is doing, and it's up to us to care enough to elect leaders who can hopefully find ways to make that actually happen.
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This is the script of my national network radio report yesterday on increasing problems with robotaxis interfering with emergency first responders. As always there may have been minor wording variations from this script as I presented this report live on air.
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Well we've talked before about the concerns that the public in general and emergency first responders in particular have about robotaxis. And we've talked about the various stories of them freezing up, blocking intersections, invading law enforcement activities, slowing ambulances and paramedics from reaching injured persons, blowing past street stop signs and school bus stop signals and more. And the 800 pound robotaxi gorilla is Alphabet's Waymo. Alphabet as we know is also the parent company of Google.
Waymo is rapidly expanding into more and more cities. You might think that with these kinds of incidents and others, like Waymo depots keeping residents up all night with loud noises from robotaxis coming in and out, and many other Waymo-related problems, that Waymo would be bending over backwards to be good citizens in the communities that they want to serve.
But it's more apparent than ever now that at least when it come to Waymo, they've inherited the "move fast and break things" arrogance that was a hallmark of Google in its early days, before they grew up a bit and actually entered the period where they became world class when it came to user privacy and security. But it seems that we've now come full circle, and hubris is indeed the word for Alphabet and Waymo.
Some of this is undoubtedly being driven -- no pun intended of course -- by the related AI-hype. And AI-hype is being supercharged by the federal government pressing for "AI Everywhere". Massive, electricity and water hungry, often polluting data centers being pushed into unspoiled rural areas, federal pressure being exerted on states to try force them not to implement their own common-sense AI regulations. Those could help protect their citizens against AI Slop, deepfakes, and AI-powered spams, scams, and malware. And we know why this is the case, politicians in both parties know which side of their bread the butter is on, and Big Tech knows where to make campaign contributions.
Some states have begun to fight back a bit against the rampant risks from robotaxis. California for example has just declared some rules about giving emergency responders the ability to have some control over where robocars can go and when they have to immediately leave an area. And they've set a short time limit on how long Waymo robotaxi remote operators have to respond to calls from emergency responders.
But really this is only scratching the surface of what's needed. Because Waymo now clearly has no real interest in what the public thinks about the sometimes dangerous mess their robotaxis are creating. They're now actually refusing to attend scheduled public meetings to discuss these problems with the public, saying that they've already said all that they have to say. Total, absolute arrogance. They're Alphabet, they're Google, they're Waymo. They're going to do what they want to do. And they feel that nobody can stop them.
That's the view of Big Tech generally these days. And maybe they're right that nobody can stop them on their relentless march to further enrich their billionaire CEOs. Because so far, regulators and politicians by and large -- with a handful of exceptions -- have been letting them run wild over our communities when it comes to robocars, robotaxis, and AI more generally. It's clear that there seems to be a widespread feeling among these firms and their supporters that AI is at the top and ordinary people are at the bottom.
So we see what the reality looks like. It's not the AI systems themselves that we have to fear -- it's not evil machines plotting against us. They are, after all, just machines. It's the AI firms and the managements of these firms who need to be held responsible for what the AI push is doing, and it's up to us to care enough to elect leaders who can hopefully find ways to make that actually happen.
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This is the script of my national network radio report yesterday on increasing problems with robotaxis interfering with emergency first responders. As always there may have been minor wording variations from this script as I presented this report live on air.
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Well we've talked before about the concerns that the public in general and emergency first responders in particular have about robotaxis. And we've talked about the various stories of them freezing up, blocking intersections, invading law enforcement activities, slowing ambulances and paramedics from reaching injured persons, blowing past street stop signs and school bus stop signals and more. And the 800 pound robotaxi gorilla is Alphabet's Waymo. Alphabet as we know is also the parent company of Google.
Waymo is rapidly expanding into more and more cities. You might think that with these kinds of incidents and others, like Waymo depots keeping residents up all night with loud noises from robotaxis coming in and out, and many other Waymo-related problems, that Waymo would be bending over backwards to be good citizens in the communities that they want to serve.
But it's more apparent than ever now that at least when it come to Waymo, they've inherited the "move fast and break things" arrogance that was a hallmark of Google in its early days, before they grew up a bit and actually entered the period where they became world class when it came to user privacy and security. But it seems that we've now come full circle, and hubris is indeed the word for Alphabet and Waymo.
Some of this is undoubtedly being driven -- no pun intended of course -- by the related AI-hype. And AI-hype is being supercharged by the federal government pressing for "AI Everywhere". Massive, electricity and water hungry, often polluting data centers being pushed into unspoiled rural areas, federal pressure being exerted on states to try force them not to implement their own common-sense AI regulations. Those could help protect their citizens against AI Slop, deepfakes, and AI-powered spams, scams, and malware. And we know why this is the case, politicians in both parties know which side of their bread the butter is on, and Big Tech knows where to make campaign contributions.
Some states have begun to fight back a bit against the rampant risks from robotaxis. California for example has just declared some rules about giving emergency responders the ability to have some control over where robocars can go and when they have to immediately leave an area. And they've set a short time limit on how long Waymo robotaxi remote operators have to respond to calls from emergency responders.
But really this is only scratching the surface of what's needed. Because Waymo now clearly has no real interest in what the public thinks about the sometimes dangerous mess their robotaxis are creating. They're now actually refusing to attend scheduled public meetings to discuss these problems with the public, saying that they've already said all that they have to say. Total, absolute arrogance. They're Alphabet, they're Google, they're Waymo. They're going to do what they want to do. And they feel that nobody can stop them.
That's the view of Big Tech generally these days. And maybe they're right that nobody can stop them on their relentless march to further enrich their billionaire CEOs. Because so far, regulators and politicians by and large -- with a handful of exceptions -- have been letting them run wild over our communities when it comes to robocars, robotaxis, and AI more generally. It's clear that there seems to be a widespread feeling among these firms and their supporters that AI is at the top and ordinary people are at the bottom.
So we see what the reality looks like. It's not the AI systems themselves that we have to fear -- it's not evil machines plotting against us. They are, after all, just machines. It's the AI firms and the managements of these firms who need to be held responsible for what the AI push is doing, and it's up to us to care enough to elect leaders who can hopefully find ways to make that actually happen.
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This is the script of my national network radio report yesterday on increasing problems with robotaxis interfering with emergency first responders. As always there may have been minor wording variations from this script as I presented this report live on air.
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Well we've talked before about the concerns that the public in general and emergency first responders in particular have about robotaxis. And we've talked about the various stories of them freezing up, blocking intersections, invading law enforcement activities, slowing ambulances and paramedics from reaching injured persons, blowing past street stop signs and school bus stop signals and more. And the 800 pound robotaxi gorilla is Alphabet's Waymo. Alphabet as we know is also the parent company of Google.
Waymo is rapidly expanding into more and more cities. You might think that with these kinds of incidents and others, like Waymo depots keeping residents up all night with loud noises from robotaxis coming in and out, and many other Waymo-related problems, that Waymo would be bending over backwards to be good citizens in the communities that they want to serve.
But it's more apparent than ever now that at least when it come to Waymo, they've inherited the "move fast and break things" arrogance that was a hallmark of Google in its early days, before they grew up a bit and actually entered the period where they became world class when it came to user privacy and security. But it seems that we've now come full circle, and hubris is indeed the word for Alphabet and Waymo.
Some of this is undoubtedly being driven -- no pun intended of course -- by the related AI-hype. And AI-hype is being supercharged by the federal government pressing for "AI Everywhere". Massive, electricity and water hungry, often polluting data centers being pushed into unspoiled rural areas, federal pressure being exerted on states to try force them not to implement their own common-sense AI regulations. Those could help protect their citizens against AI Slop, deepfakes, and AI-powered spams, scams, and malware. And we know why this is the case, politicians in both parties know which side of their bread the butter is on, and Big Tech knows where to make campaign contributions.
Some states have begun to fight back a bit against the rampant risks from robotaxis. California for example has just declared some rules about giving emergency responders the ability to have some control over where robocars can go and when they have to immediately leave an area. And they've set a short time limit on how long Waymo robotaxi remote operators have to respond to calls from emergency responders.
But really this is only scratching the surface of what's needed. Because Waymo now clearly has no real interest in what the public thinks about the sometimes dangerous mess their robotaxis are creating. They're now actually refusing to attend scheduled public meetings to discuss these problems with the public, saying that they've already said all that they have to say. Total, absolute arrogance. They're Alphabet, they're Google, they're Waymo. They're going to do what they want to do. And they feel that nobody can stop them.
That's the view of Big Tech generally these days. And maybe they're right that nobody can stop them on their relentless march to further enrich their billionaire CEOs. Because so far, regulators and politicians by and large -- with a handful of exceptions -- have been letting them run wild over our communities when it comes to robocars, robotaxis, and AI more generally. It's clear that there seems to be a widespread feeling among these firms and their supporters that AI is at the top and ordinary people are at the bottom.
So we see what the reality looks like. It's not the AI systems themselves that we have to fear -- it's not evil machines plotting against us. They are, after all, just machines. It's the AI firms and the managements of these firms who need to be held responsible for what the AI push is doing, and it's up to us to care enough to elect leaders who can hopefully find ways to make that actually happen.
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This is the script of my national network radio report yesterday on increasing problems with robotaxis interfering with emergency first responders. As always there may have been minor wording variations from this script as I presented this report live on air.
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Well we've talked before about the concerns that the public in general and emergency first responders in particular have about robotaxis. And we've talked about the various stories of them freezing up, blocking intersections, invading law enforcement activities, slowing ambulances and paramedics from reaching injured persons, blowing past street stop signs and school bus stop signals and more. And the 800 pound robotaxi gorilla is Alphabet's Waymo. Alphabet as we know is also the parent company of Google.
Waymo is rapidly expanding into more and more cities. You might think that with these kinds of incidents and others, like Waymo depots keeping residents up all night with loud noises from robotaxis coming in and out, and many other Waymo-related problems, that Waymo would be bending over backwards to be good citizens in the communities that they want to serve.
But it's more apparent than ever now that at least when it come to Waymo, they've inherited the "move fast and break things" arrogance that was a hallmark of Google in its early days, before they grew up a bit and actually entered the period where they became world class when it came to user privacy and security. But it seems that we've now come full circle, and hubris is indeed the word for Alphabet and Waymo.
Some of this is undoubtedly being driven -- no pun intended of course -- by the related AI-hype. And AI-hype is being supercharged by the federal government pressing for "AI Everywhere". Massive, electricity and water hungry, often polluting data centers being pushed into unspoiled rural areas, federal pressure being exerted on states to try force them not to implement their own common-sense AI regulations. Those could help protect their citizens against AI Slop, deepfakes, and AI-powered spams, scams, and malware. And we know why this is the case, politicians in both parties know which side of their bread the butter is on, and Big Tech knows where to make campaign contributions.
Some states have begun to fight back a bit against the rampant risks from robotaxis. California for example has just declared some rules about giving emergency responders the ability to have some control over where robocars can go and when they have to immediately leave an area. And they've set a short time limit on how long Waymo robotaxi remote operators have to respond to calls from emergency responders.
But really this is only scratching the surface of what's needed. Because Waymo now clearly has no real interest in what the public thinks about the sometimes dangerous mess their robotaxis are creating. They're now actually refusing to attend scheduled public meetings to discuss these problems with the public, saying that they've already said all that they have to say. Total, absolute arrogance. They're Alphabet, they're Google, they're Waymo. They're going to do what they want to do. And they feel that nobody can stop them.
That's the view of Big Tech generally these days. And maybe they're right that nobody can stop them on their relentless march to further enrich their billionaire CEOs. Because so far, regulators and politicians by and large -- with a handful of exceptions -- have been letting them run wild over our communities when it comes to robocars, robotaxis, and AI more generally. It's clear that there seems to be a widespread feeling among these firms and their supporters that AI is at the top and ordinary people are at the bottom.
So we see what the reality looks like. It's not the AI systems themselves that we have to fear -- it's not evil machines plotting against us. They are, after all, just machines. It's the AI firms and the managements of these firms who need to be held responsible for what the AI push is doing, and it's up to us to care enough to elect leaders who can hopefully find ways to make that actually happen.
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China pasa la IA física del laboratorio a la producción: robotaxis, humanoides y eVTOL se multiplican gracias a su red industrial y apoyo estatal. https://aidoo.news/noticia/6Xqpz0
#Robótica #VehículosAutónomos #Robotaxis #Drones #MovilidadAérea
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#Waymo, the autonomous driving #AV tech firm whose so-called #robotaxis are now roaming the streets of #London, has allegedly told #cycling campaigners that expecting their #driverless cars to respect #bikelanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo -
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#Waymo, the autonomous driving #AV tech firm whose so-called #robotaxis are now roaming the streets of #London, has allegedly told #cycling campaigners that expecting their #driverless cars to respect #bikelanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo -
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#Waymo, the autonomous driving #AV tech firm whose so-called #robotaxis are now roaming the streets of #London, has allegedly told #cycling campaigners that expecting their #driverless cars to respect #bikelanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo -
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#Waymo, the autonomous driving #AV tech firm whose so-called #robotaxis are now roaming the streets of #London, has allegedly told #cycling campaigners that expecting their #driverless cars to respect #bikelanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo -
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#Waymo, the autonomous driving #AV tech firm whose so-called #robotaxis are now roaming the streets of #London, has allegedly told #cycling campaigners that expecting their #driverless cars to respect #bikelanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo -
Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
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Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
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Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
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Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
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Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
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I love how the #Zoox vehicles actually look like they are designed for moving around an urban environment, and not just bolted onto vehicles meant for barreling down freeways at deadly speeds.
I just wish the company wasn't owned by #JeffBezos.
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I love how the #Zoox vehicles actually look like they are designed for moving around an urban environment, and not just bolted onto vehicles meant for barreling down freeways at deadly speeds.
I just wish the company wasn't owned by #JeffBezos.
