- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
A Sunnyvale man says the Waymo that took him to the airport neglected to open the trunk for him to retrieve his luggage before driving off. The company wants him to pay for shipping, or take two complimentary Waymo rides to the depot in SF to retrieve it.
“You know, a human driver could have done this, too.”
Yeah, we know. We’ll forgive humans, not robots. That’s the fucking point. Nor should we forgive robots, the machine had to open the trunk to let the luggage in, there’s no reason it should “forget” that it needs to open it at the other end. That is, of course, unless the remote drivers on the other side of the world are doing much more than just occasionally assisting.
A human driver probably would’ve heard him shouting and stopped to fix the problem.