Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco
by JaimeThompson on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @03:07PM
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>Hopefully governments do what they do best; get out of the way.
I really don't want a world in which governments get out of the way of food regulation, building codes, and other such things.
Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco
by mgraczyk on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @03:14PM
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Well I didn't say they should always do nothing. They are just better at getting out of the way than solving problems in most cases. Sometimes the issue is that nobody else has the incentives or means to solve a problem (climate change, food safety)
Reorganizing the economy around trucker job displacement is not something the government needs to be involved in.
Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco
by JaimeThompson on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @05:01PM
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Providing worker retraining & job placement assistance isn't the government getting out of the way. They are humans and they will need assistance so we should provide it.
There will still be plenty of jobs for drivers for the next 10-20 years. We'll see a mix of people retiring early, retraining, and switching into support and operational roles.
Out legal system is extremely flexible and will easily accommodate self driving cars. It already handles more complex ownership issues related to product liability.
There won't be a problem with fake taxis just like there isn't problem with fake mail delivery (delivering bombs for the "lols").