Hopefully some genius will figure out a way of joining lots of these together into a 'gigapod'. That might have enough capacity to actually work at city scale.
Wework gigapod so you are always working in a mobile office. Realestate hack.
Zoox robotaxi launches in Las Vegas
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#32I feel like robotaxis are just electric bikes and scooters of 2025. I very well could be wrong (I think I am) but that's the vibes I'm getting from the robotaxis industry right now.
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no thanks, I don't fancy dodging 120mph robots when I'm crossing the road, or breathing in the extra pollution that this would create (even if its an EV!)
I think you misinterpreted, OP meant that robots will respect the rules, which humans typically don't, e.g. driving at 50 where the limit is 30.
yes, but no. Yes, they'll do it for now. No, once they're as normal as humans, they'll definitely be tweaked to maximize profit. And that will include as much speeding as risk/reward dictates.
So yeah, they'll do the same thing as humans eventually.
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#34Hopefully some genius will figure out a way of joining lots of these together into a 'gigapod'. That might have enough capacity to actually work at city scale.
Perhaps maybe we add common places where it regularly stops and you can get on/off?
I understand that you're being glib about buses or trains, but the driver is a large part of the operating costs of a bus, and additionally driverless buses might make more frequent but smaller buses more economical.
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#35It’s a cute gimmick for tourists but it won’t contribute to public transportation.
> It’s a cute gimmick for tourists
Yes, that's why they call it the Las Vegas strip. It is an entire city literally designed for tourists.
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#36This whole robotaxi thing is so stupid.
Protect the typewriters!
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
no thanks, I don't fancy dodging 120mph robots when I'm crossing the road, or breathing in the extra pollution that this would create (even if its an EV!)
I think you misinterpreted, OP meant that robots will respect the rules, which humans typically don't, e.g. driving at 50 where the limit is 30.
in which case I apologise :)
I've seen plenty of robotaxi huckers advocate for speed limits 'appropriate for robot response times'
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You might be onto something. Don't stop that train of thought. Keep going.
We can called it a "Beneficial Usage Service" or BUS, for short.
This meme about self-driving cabs being glorified busses reminds me of the infamous Dropbox comment. It’s technically correct. But it misses the social context so entirely that it, when you realise it’s being seriously said, becomes farce.
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How so? You realize there are people who cannot legally drive for whom a robotaxi is a life changing achievement?
Why wouldn't they just take a taxi driven by a human? Or a bus (also driven by a human)?
So your issue is that it is not being driven by a person?
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#40do these things self-clean? a free private shuttle service along the strip sounds like a bunch of private vomit-pods on wheels.
Vomit AT BEST