Lets fill'er up folks...
One of the highest ranking execs at Uber is Hussein sycophant David Plouffe.
Use Lyft.
No. The future of self driving cars might be, but Uber being ready for the next tech wave isn’t. The future is coming whether you’re ready or not. Be ready.
Gee technology putting people out of work. I wonder what we did the 179 times in the past 120 years that this happened.
Stop calling them “driverless” or “self-driving”. They are not. They sometimes, in some conditions, keep the car going on the road. They don’t drive.
It is a terrorist dream come true. Call a cab, load it was remote-controlled explosives, even a warm body if necessary, and program a destination. What could go wrong?
The short answer is no. First self driving cars help in lots of ways. No need for drivers licenses. Old people can quit driving and keep their independence. Drunk driving will diminish. And many people who have a car for occasional trips will no longer need one.
That being said. Things will change. Taxi’s will be less common. They won’t go away. They will be a luxury service. Cars will still get into accidents. And cars will still break down. So, we will still need most of the people associated with cars. Plus roads will have to be better. Self driving cars require lots of road signals to make sure they are on the road and that they are going the right speed, and obeying the laws. Right now most of the signage is loosey goosey. That won’t work for a car robot.
You miss the point, a driverless car is just that driverless. No suicide bomber. And if it requires a warm body they grab and incompacitate a person and strap them in.
Too many people own cars and need money to end up with Uber replacing its drivers.
Not if you are in the business of maintaining them. People are going to trash those self-driving cars so much, it could become economical cost prohibitive to use.