Submitted by thecoffeejesus t3_11b5vs6 in singularity
helpskinissues t1_j9xunie wrote
Reply to comment by turnip_burrito in People lack imagination and it’s really bothering me by thecoffeejesus
The impact of technology is measured in users, not in land size.
Weather isn't that good. It has rain (last weeks heavy rain). And driving conditions on Los Angeles is far from the best in the world, they're infamous for having a terrible traffic.
I don't have any issue with your mention of limitations of Waymo, but that's missing my point: how AI is impacting human lives (not land size). And when you discover that the main limitation of Waymo release is actually political licensing, well, even more surprising.
turnip_burrito t1_j9xv56c wrote
>The impact of technology is measured in users, not in land size.
How many people in these cities actually have cars that are driving themselves?
helpskinissues t1_j9xvj6l wrote
No need to own chatGPT just like there's no need to own Waymo cars. It's basically a service. And millions are able to use it right now (albeit maybe around 1 million because of licenses, not fully released yet for every user).
But, Cruise also exists.
Arizona, San Francisco...
As far as I can understand, it's around 1-3 million citizens having available an actual effective alternative to human drivers.
And if we count Tesla (I wouldn't, but it's still an impressive driving assistant) as self driving, we jump to dozens of millions very quickly.
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