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Uber Says It Will Apply For Self-Driving Permit In California (mercurynews.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Mercury News: Uber will apply for a state permit to test its self-driving cars on public roads [in California], the company said Thursday, more than a month after the California Department of Motor Vehicles shut down Uber's autonomous vehicle pilot program. The DMV already has reinstated the registrations for two of Uber's self-driving Volvos, which are back on the road in San Francisco, an Uber spokeswoman said. The cars will not go into self-driving mode until the permit is issued, she said. "These cars are legally registered and are being driven manually," an Uber spokeswoman said. "We are taking steps to complete our application to apply for a DMV testing permit. As we said in December, Uber remains 100 percent committed to California." DMV spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez confirmed that regulators have been working with Uber on the application process. "Uber hasn't formally submitted their autonomous vehicle tester program application," Gonzalez wrote in an email, "but just as we would with any other manufacturer, the DMV is providing assistance with the steps necessary to apply for and receive a test permit."
You know that you run a classy operation when "Company announces plans to obey law" is headline material.
That's what I heard, anyway. They held her down and raped her.
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We are talking about this same company that is burning through money aren't we?
Imagine if they had done this before?
Oh wait, that's not how they did things! What a bunch of hypocrites.
After Uber's CEO was caught berating one of his own cab drivers because the driver dared to say he wasn't being paid enough and couldn't earn enough because of the money Uber siphons from his work, the easiest way to do away with whining humans is to replace them with robots.
Or in this case, cabs which don't talk back except to ask where the person wants to be dropped off at since the cab wasn't going the same direction as the person.
I suppose this is the only way they can keep their drivers from raping and harassing their fares. Then again, with the way the company culture apparently is, maybe the self driving cars will be equipped with some sort of automated raping subsystems. Gotta keep that rape culture going somehow, amirite?
A major problem exists. If a person drives recklessly and has an accident they go to jail. So who goes to jail when a robot car drives recklessly for what ever reasons, just an inherent bug, a short circuit, a hack and the car drives recklessly, who goes to jail. What no one you say, nope, corporate law, the investors get fined, the executives who took insane risk get a bonus and the family morns at a funeral as the fight the 'robots' lawyers, who work to create a false narrative to blame the fault on criminal hackers, whether or not it is real, just whether they can create doubt to get away with this weeks death.
You use a robot publicly, not matter what the reason is for failure, you pay the penalty for the actions of the robot as though you yourself did they crime. Corporate executive approves robots on the street, corporate executive goes to jail, zero excuses (the executives job to ensure security of the system).
Let's see the warranties these fucking ass hat morons in government are approving. Let's see the liabilities these asshat morons in government are forcing onto those deploying robots for profit. Let's see if those corrupt morons in government are just dumping those liabilities back on us along with the risks and you know that is exactly what is happening.
Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
Will they enlarge the doors at the facility for the car to come in and take the State License test? You guys did say that the car had AI, didn't you? :P
Hey! It's a corporation. They get away with everything!! They got deep pocket for lawyers. What's a few deaths to them? Nothing! Just pay the lawsuit.. next!
You use a robot publicly, not matter what the reason is for failure, you pay the penalty for the actions of the robot as though you yourself did they crime. Corporate executive approves robots on the street, corporate executive goes to jail, zero excuses (the executives job to ensure security of the system).
That's not how it works when a plane autopilot misbehaves. Why would it be the way it works when a car's self-driving system does the same? Sure, if you can prove criminal negligence. If everyone follows standards, that becomes difficult.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
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Where's the differential equation version?
airlines payout big time when something bad happens will uber do the same?
airlines payout big time when something bad happens will uber do the same?
I imagine that they will, one way or another.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Lol good luck getting people to pay a penalty for something they didn't have any control over.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
Insurance companies will have no choice but to sue Uber when the rider claims truthfully that they just pressed a button and got in and that's all they were asked to do. They can't even raise a premium on people that had no control over the vehicle. Money will have to come from the provider of the vehicle for every scrape, fender bender, and run over pet.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
Is working out great?