I agree. Not everything in life needs to be a personal interaction. I just want to get from A to B. One of the reasons I like an actually functioning mass transit system is that you just get on and get off. Subways don't rate people (yet) and that is something I think good regulation could enforce here too. The problem is we have a long history of bad regulation when it comes to mass transit so we will see.

>One of the reasons I like an actually functioning mass transit system is that you just get on and get off.

would be nice to get that one day. In the meanwhile I guess LA is spending that budget here on Waymo for even more cars in traffic.

What makes you think that people who take Wayne rides aren't automatically rated?

Was not Uber plan to use human drivers as a stop-gap to autonomous driving? I doubt that they will remove ratings if they ever achieve that.

And Waymo is going to the same destination, just approaching from other direction.

Is it better to leave it to an AI algorithm watching you in the back of the car? One way or another passengers are going to get rated.

Of course, you are dead right. Thanks for thinking that situation all the way through, friend.

Yeah, imagine losing your gmail account due to some automated system malfunctioning and simultaneously losing access to the transportation system you depend on.

....you can just not participate and keep to yourself and I guarantee you'll have a 5 star rating from every driver in america

But the safety of the driver is increased if bad passengers are eliminated from the job. Taxi driver is more dangerous that Police Officer in USA

> love it... downvotes

To be fair, this is why I flagged.

From the guidelines: “Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Same here. Passive aggressive edits were the top 3 issues I had with Reddit before leaving some years ago. I'd rather suppress it here while I can.