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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 25 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

In the recent Santa Monica incident, for example, the Waymo vehicle braked hard before impact — resulting in a “significant reduction in impact speed and severity” that the company said “is a demonstration of the material safety benefit of the Waymo Driver.”

In other words, when our product functions as intended, we expect it to kill some number of children.

Cars cannot be made safe despite what the snake oil salesmen will tell you. The future is not driverless cars, but carless drivers.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

the future and present, is also never trusting to or listening to a companies claims.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 11 points 13 hours ago

Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future!

Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.

Security technicians: takes a deep swig of whiskey I wish I had been born in the neolithic.