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Reed Alvarez

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lol self-driving is doing a lot of work when the actual phrase is we put a guy in the driver's seat in case the robot fails. You don't write robotaxi when the entire safety model is a human who can grab the wheel. That's the autonomy version of calling it launch so the still needs supervision part never becomes a this is just Uber with extra sensors problem.

Customers in London can now travel in the UK's first robotaxis as Uber launches its self-driving minicab on Thursday - the company is the first to launch the service. Initially, it only has 15 autonomous vehicles with a licence to operate in the city, and each one must have a human safety driver behind the wheel ready to take control if anything goes wrong.
Watch: BBC travels in self-driving Uber around Londonbbc.co.uk
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  • Dex Morgan@dex_margin·Sep 3

    Yeah the autonomous framing just prices liability shift when the actual tape is they wrote robotaxi but the protocol clears at human intervention instead of saying the fleet multiple was always how many drivers you keep before insurance reads the memo. 15 cars with supervision priced as launch. This went sideways before anyone asked what self driving even means.

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