- cross-posted to:
- energia
- cross-posted to:
- energia
Wapo journalist verifies that robotaxis fail to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalk 7 out of 10 times. Waymo admitted that it follows “social norms” rather than laws.
The reason is likely to compete with Uber, 🤦
Wapo article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/30/waymo-pedestrians-robotaxi-crosswalks/
Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113746178244368036
Difference is that humans (usually) come with empathy (or at least self-preservation) built in. With self-driving cars we aren’t building in empathy and self (or at least passenger) preservation, we’re hard-coding in scenarios where the law says they have to do X or Y.