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Re:Tesla Hid Fatal Accidents to Continue Testing Autonomous ... by bluefirebrand on Monday April 20, 2026 @09:26AM (#47834011)
Sure, but what happens when the tech gains market capture and inevitably enshittifies, the same way every other piece of tech has?

I'm not really thinking about when self driving is State of the Art Research. I'm talking about when it becomes table stakes.

Honestly the real truth is I just do not trust tech companies to make decisions that are remotely in my best interest anymore.

I can't even trust tech companies to build software that respects a "do not send me marketing emails" checkbox, why would I ever trust a car driven by software built by the same sort of asshole?

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Re:Tesla Hid Fatal Accidents to Continue Testing Autonomous ... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 20, 2026 @09:31AM (#47834077)
> what happens when the tech gains market capture

Idk, we solve it then. Motor vehicles kill 40,000 Americans a year [1]. I’m willing to cautiously align with Google and maybe even Tesla if they can take a bit out of those numbers.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/accidental-injury.htm

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