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I’ve only had one ”bad” experience with Uber out of hundreds of rides all over the US. It was here in SB. It was a dude who was from out of town (we got quite a few OOTers on the weekends) and he took the absolute lamest route from MacKenzie park to my house because he followed his stupid Uber navigation app.
I’ve always contended that the likelihood of widespread (or even moderate) use of self driving cars is slim to none.This has no chance of happening.
Ai mid 2021. Self driving car meets reality.
The pandemic has largely overwhelmed the news cycle over the past year and hence influencing and largely deflating the AI hype train. There were a few developments though which I'd consider significant. Some of themblog.piekniewski.info
I rode in a pilot self driving car in Pittsburgh (with a "minder" in the passenger seat) and it was fvcking terrifying. No thanks. It's one of those things where if ALL cars were self driving that maybe be okay but a mix of self driving and regular is not good.
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I went to Carnegie-Mellon's NREC (National Robotics Engineering Center) in Pittsburgh in 2017 for a week and at that time they were re-staffing after Uber poached a bunch of their top engineers with $25 - 50K raises. One of 'em was saying that the self-driving cars required human intervention on average once every 0.7 miles. They were looking for that figure to double every year. At that rate the everage would be one human intervention every 11.2 miles by now.
I attribute my skepticism at least as much to the regulatory environment as I do the technical complications.
This has no chance of happening.
Ai mid 2021. Self driving car meets reality.
The pandemic has largely overwhelmed the news cycle over the past year and hence influencing and largely deflating the AI hype train. There were a few developments though which I'd consider significant. Some of themblog.piekniewski.info
600,000 people dead in 18 months with heavy restrictions in place. Yes. Just like the flu.
Only 6% of them from covid alone. Almost all of them obese and or over 80.
one of the issues is the 4waystop.
and yet they probably wouldve lived to see 81, or 82, or 83+ had they not caught covid.
The IRS mileage rate should be added to every ride (if it isn't already) and they should be transparent about that.
Not exactly. If I work a W2 job, I can't just show up when I please, work for a few hours and then check out without explanation. One of the legal definitions of a contractor is someone who does not have fixed hours, whereas a W2 employee can be fired on the spot for not working the hours that the employer demands. Gig work is a legal gray area that really requires a unique classification of its own and a mechanism for funding SSI, medicare/aid, etc based on the number of hours worked.
The yellow cab model was protectionist hot garbage to begin with, which is what created the demand for Uber. Maybe it was okay in NYC or SF but in every town I lived in they mostly sucked. Before Uber there were only a handful of cab drivers in SLO. They would show up way later than what the dispatcher said, not carry change, act like entitled dicks, etc. When Uber came around, they immediately go their act together.
Classic! The same thing happend to my wife and I except we were going from Long beach to San Pedro. Driver came from mid city via riverside and didn't know where to go but wanted to pick up a fare. Meanwhile in the back seat we were on our google maps and telling them they were lost and to go this way. Took an extra 20 mins to go over the bridge. Once we arrived, we reported them. That was my first and last time in an uber ride. DONE!
