A couple was looking to get home in the Mission District only for their Waymo cab to veer off a highway and accelerate to highway speeds.

“This is it. We’re dead. We’re going to die right here in the Waymo.”

This combined with another recent article from some insiders at Tesla saying, along the lines, “You couldn’t pay me to let one of these things drive me somewhere.”

And yet I still know people who are just so chuffed about “never having to drive again.”

EDIT: Comments have pointed out that this story is, at best, overblown and semi-fabricated otherwise. Take it with a massive grain of salt. But feel free to discuss self-driving, waymo, etc in the comments!

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    This combined with another recent article from some insiders at Tesla saying, along the lines, “You couldn’t pay me to let one of these things drive me somewhere.”

    Was said insider talking about Teslas or were they whinging about a competitor that makes better vehicles than they do?

    • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      But they’re fine with being payed to do it to other people. Typical tech bro attitude.

    • other_cat@piefed.zipOPEnglish
      12·
      24 hours ago

      Tesla

      Found the article! https://www.reuters.com/investigations/why-teslas-ai-trainers-dont-trust-its-self-driving-tech-or-its-safety-stats-2026-05-28/

      Seven of the former data labelers told Reuters they wouldn’t trust FSD to drive them. “We have all seen it fail,” one said. Another said he wouldn’t ride in a Tesla robotaxi “if you fucking paid me.” One veteran self-driving engineer, who reviewed Tesla crash data for years, called its safety claims “bullshit.”

    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      24 hours ago

      It was probably about Teslas given the state of Tesla’s “self driving” feature.

      Still, given everything I’ve heard about how Waymos react to novel situations, I’m not too keen on trusting my life to them either.

      • TheGreatRapsBeat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        24 hours ago

        Yet. Trust your life to them… yet. All it takes is ALL vehicles to eventually be autonomous, and then you never have to worry about loss of life or injury. If all vehicles followed every rule to a “T,” there would be no issues.

        • i_love_FFT@jlai.luEnglish
          4·
          23 hours ago

          When you look at all the edge cases, road rules are not 100% consistent. They rely on human judgement to manage the (rare) ambiguous situations, such as a misaligned road intersection. With ever vehicules following every rules to a T, there would still be issues.

        • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          22 hours ago

          I mean, if there are no humans on the road they won’t be dying there. Doesn’t seem like it would be very good for us, though, to no longer be allowed to travel.