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SayTheLineBart t1_j9pu0yf wrote

What was that you said about moving goalposts?

“The technology isn’t accessible to all 8 billion people on Earth, therefore it doesn’t exist and NEVER will!”

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9puahb wrote

You're looking at an easily faked demo video in a controlled setting and claiming that it means that the autonomous taxi is here and in revenue service now.
 
Like I said, call me when these things are in revenue service carrying paid passengers.

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SayTheLineBart t1_j9pus4l wrote

Faked? Ok dude, /r/conspiracy is in need of your service. Watch out for those chemtrails

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9pv5kj wrote

Companies lie about their projects all the time. The entire Nikola hyrogen-powered truck demo was faked.
 

https://gizmodo.com/electric-truck-maker-nikola-to-pay-125-million-in-sec-1848251455 https://electrek.co/2020/09/14/nikola-nkla-admits-faking-video-driving-prototype-weak-response/

 

If you can watch that video and conclude from it that it means that self-driving cars are coming to streets everywhere in America any minute, well, there's one of you born every minute.

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