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A comment on Zoox and Its $800M Robo Taxi Dream [video].

Re:Zoox and Its $800M Robo Taxi Dream [video] by cjensen on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @08:31PM (#17554732)
Self-driving is a software problem, not a hardware problem.

Investing in someone with zero useful ideas and zero ethics is not a symptom of good investment skills. (Yes, tricking experts into talking to you is unethical)

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Re:Zoox and Its $800M Robo Taxi Dream [video] by dsr_ on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @08:46PM (#17554788)
That wasn't the only ethical lapse being gleefully mythologized in the story.

I half-suspected that they didn't bother taking out a permit for autonomous vehicle, but I was pleasantly surprised to find them on the list: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/autonomous/permi...

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Re:Zoox and Its $800M Robo Taxi Dream [video] by Animats on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @02:57AM (#17556012)
It's not hard to get a California DMV permit for testing autonomous vehicles. It's like a learner's permit. You have to have a licensed driver on board able to take over. You have to have insurance. You have to report all accidents. No driving for hire. No heavy vehicles.

That's what Uber considered over-regulation.

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