Also, that it's safe because they programmed it to be safe is an endorsement of driverless cars (and again, specifically Waymo)! Humans are capable of driving safely, it's just that too many don't! Programs can be told to drive safely every time

I agree! Waymo is the only one I would trust at the moment. Not because Google is inherently trustworthy (although more trustworthy than Tesla by far), but because they've demonstrated that they're doing it right

Correction: they're starting to go on freeways now

The tech gets noticeably better every year, which imo is a reason to be optimistic

I don't live in a Waymo city, but as I understand that's not completely true anymore. They don't go on the freeway, but other than that they cover all of SF. They don't cover all of LA, but they also don't just stick to specific routes anymore in the areas they cover

There's simply no way there would be a major accident involving a Waymo without it being reported. It would instantly go viral on TikTok/Insta/platform of choice

Also, we know conveniemt public transit is not something that is very viable in rural areas. Driverless cars are only in cities atm, but have the potential to go to rural places eventually

I want more public transit too, but investment in that is stalled pretty much across the country, and existing infrastructure is slowly crumbling. Meanwhile driverless cars are expanding. Why stand in the way of something that has potential?

A lot of people on the left want public transport "instead." But they're not directly competing! One is public investment, one is private.

Yeah, there's a reason they started in LA and Phx. But there's no way to make them good at driving in the snow without eventually trying them in places it snows. The rollout has been slow and careful so far, which is all we can really judge

I have no blanket adoration. I was skeptical they would ever be viable. Then I did the research and realized they are much safer than humans drivers, and that completely changed my mind. I'd love for my kids to grow up in a world where their chance of dying in a car is less than the 1% it is now

I love my dog and my cat. People's lives are still more important. Even if you only care about pets for some reason, you have to compare driverless cars to human drivers, who also kill pets all the time! Evidence they've killed some pets is just not compelling

Oh no! One power outage! Yeah man, it's a new tech, there are going to be some kinks. Sometimes inconvenient ones. There's literally no way around some growing pains. The point is they're much safer than humans driven cars and we should embrace that. How many people died in the power outage?

Regulations are good and needed! What's bad is so many progressive places being reflexively against them. I do think the TX and AZ approach is too lenient. The CA approach gets it about right, at least in LA

Yeah, it's completely ridiculous to suggest that Waymo is covering up tons of major crashes. It's theoretically possible that they could be covering up small fender benders, but no reason to think so in particular. You know who does underreport small accidents? Human beings!

Waymo cars get into about 80% fewer major accidents than humans, and most of those are caused by human drivers in other cars

"New technology bad because it could be dangerous, so we have to stick with old technology that has proven to be incredibly dangerous" is not the progressive stance people seem to think it is.

No toddlers have ever been killed by Waymos, meanwhile human drivers kill toddlers all the time. Only 2 people have been killed in crashes involving Waymos, both caused by other human drivers at fault. Speculation they kill pets at a higher rate than humans is purely vibes based, no data

You're right, I should have said Waymo cars specifically are safer than humans. I don't trust Tesla at all

Waymos are being controlled *sometimes,* when they get stuck, and are otherwise autonomous. Isn't that a good thing, to have a human to check in with? I don't see the problem other than wanting them to be in the US potentially

Maybe those humans should be located in the US, but we shouldn't lie to make it seem like the tech is fake. Driverless cars are dramatically safer than human driven ones already, and reducing the unconscionable number of deaths caused by vehicles in this country should be a progressive goal

Disingenuous framing. The cars drive by themselves most of the time, and then check in with a human when stuck. That's what we want them to do while the tech is still developing! There might always need to be person on call to solve problems remotely, and that's fine.

Same on Podcast Addict. Not sure if they pull from the same place

One of the things you learn about gerrymandering (which is obviously bad and should be illegal) in high school is that if the environment shifts the gerrymander can backfire. Hope everyone is waking up to how obviously bad Trump is and Rs have gotten and they get fucking wiped out in midterms

No, your first interpretation was correct. It means that the left wing party opposed the ban

What the actual fuck? "Very young teen types that could pass for younger but would look legal..." On top of being incredibly gross, wtf does that even mean?

Joyce! That man has a family!
*finger to earpiece*
Ah, I'm hearing his family hates him

Happy Endings, if you cut out the mediocre 1st season

"One great wing deserves another"

Doctors are already using AI to speed up note taking, meaning they can spend more time on patients. You would definitely have to double check that things like meds amounts are correct, but otherwise I don't see an issue. I'm sure plenty of other professions have similar tasks AI could help with