Lyft And Waymo Announce They'll Collaborate On Self-Driving Cars (nbcnews.com)

An anonymous reader quotes NBC: In the race to the self-driving future, Lyft has agreed to work with Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by Google's parent company, to bring autonomous vehicles to the masses, both companies told NBC News on Sunday night. The announcement comes as Waymo has accused Lyft's biggest competitor, Uber, of stealing trade secrets from the company to advance its own self-driving operation...
Both companies issued gushy statements about their new partners. Lyft said Waymo "holds today's best self-driving technology, and collaborating with them will accelerate our shared vision of improving lives with the world's best transportation." And Waymo applauded Lyft's "vision and commitment to improving the way cities move", saying it would help their technology "reach more people, in more places."

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Re: Sharp

[vtcodger]

Uber -- which seems to be pretty much the poster child for everything that can be wrong with capitalism -- isn't likely to go quietly. They'll probably kill and maim no small number of innocents on their way to the dustbin of history.

But this is probably good news. Lyft is, if nothing else, adroit at avoiding bad publicity and may actually be a fairly decent company.

And Google -- no matter what you may think of their activities and ethics in other fields -- seems to be developing autonomous vehicle technology in a sane, methodical, responsible manner. Might be a great combo.

Re: Sharp

[vtcodger]

If anybody tells you that you're shallow, obnoxious and a nitwit, I wouldn't dismiss them out of hand.

Try thinking a bit, for a change. You might even find that actually using the brain that you may have been given produces interesting results.

Did I say that socialism works well? Nope. Didn't say that. Don't think that. The record says it can do a pretty good job with healthcare, weapons systems, and heavy industry. Sucks pretty much everywhere and always at agriculture and producing/distributing consumer goods

But capitalism has -- whether you like it or not -- a few problems as well.

It is claimed they say in Russia. "Everything Marx told us about communism was wrong. Unfortunately, everything he told us about capitalism was right." Try thinking about it. You might learn something.