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Like, I've seen both The Atlantic and disappointingly, Ars Technica write fawning "self-driving cars are so safe!" articles recently, and I feel like I'm seeing the ripples on the surface that indicate a monster PR campaign has begun swimming in the deep.

The main thing that both of them say that I HATE is "we have to give them access to public roads in order to improve, because these could be so much safer than human drivers", and first off, no we don't, we do not have any obligation to any private company to provide access to a public good so they can monetize it. We do not have to do that.

And second, this is a false binary. The choice is not exclusively between "human driven cars" and "robot driven cars". You are foreclosing so many better, more interesting futures by narrowing your imagination in that way. Please be mildly curious about things being Different.


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i don't wanna be the "sneers at media" type but like. of course it was ars technica, they (and their lead space writer especially) brownnose elon musk so hard, to the point where said writer got their endorsement to write a behind the scenes book on SpaceX with their cooperation in what i'm sure can't possibly be a conflict of interest.

everything you say is correct i just wanted to contribute additional miserable detail