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Nice native ad for Waymo
the native ad is in the NYT, not HN.

It is a Native Ad. i don't have the clip where the CEO of NPR discusses "underwriting" via ad inserts that "go with the flow."

What bothers me is someone who is correct getting downvoted, merely because it's sarcastic.

What are those blind Waymo users going to do when a car ends up stuck in a flooded roadway?
> What are those blind Waymo users going to do when a car ends up stuck in a flooded roadway?

Same thing anyone should. Get help.

I think they would most likely end up calling 911. I hope that Waymos only drive in locations with cellphone signal.
The hostility towards self driving is so baffling to me. Setting aside the question of which company is going to get there first, it seems patently obvious that self driving is clearly the safer future for drivers and pedestrians. after all, self driving cars are getting better, and human drivers are not.

That said it's not guaranteed that the version we get will be without drawbacks, and imo we should be trying to shape a better version of the future by passing regulations now before unwanted behaviors calcify. Stuff like limiting how many empty miles cars are allowed to drive so that ppl don't just circle their cars around the block to avoid paying for parking, or regulating how long security updates need to be supported to keep insecure cars off the roads.