[HN Gopher] Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to d...
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       Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)
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       Author : mbs159
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2024-11-10 21:02 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | schiffern wrote:
       | Despite big promises in the title, the thesis is just
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       | - self-driving cars aren't perfect yet (trots out the usual
       | double-standard headlines which get zero attention when humans do
       | them all the time)
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       | - our cities _were already destroyed_ by poorly-designed
       | infrastructure, and self-driving cars don 't suddenly fix that
       | (something which was never promised or expected?)
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       | - whenever you mention reducing millions of human-caused traffic
       | fatalities, use a sarcastic tone of voice
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       | Disappointing. I had much higher hopes going in.
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       | He says it himself: self-driving cars are just cheaper taxis.
        
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