Elon Musk's "fully autonomous" cars will, like other robotaxi vehicles, rely on remote human pilots.

Silicon Valley wants us to believe that their autonomous products are a kind of self-guided magic, but the technology is clearly not there yet. A quick peak behind the curtain has consistently revealed a product base that, at a minimum, is still deeply reliant on human workforces.

  • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Or you could, you know, pay a person a living wage to be physically present at the store to assist shoppers and review the sales.

    Or, hear me out. Maybe a 70% review requirement is not automation at all. Just saying.

    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1513·
      24 days ago

      You could, yes. And that should be the criticism.

      If you attack them on bullshit terms, you do exactly what they want and they can go “well, those idiots don’t even know what they are talking about”.

      Maybe a 70% review requirement is not automation at all

      And amazon agrees. which is why they closed the experiment down