Tesla is a meme stock with a troubled car company attached. Elon Musk’s job is to be the meme. At Thursday’s “We, Robot” event, Musk lied his ass off yet again, using “AI” as the excuse for literal…
Anthony Levandowski (the Waymo guy) on the robot cabs:
"You’re putting the power back into the people’s hands, where a small business owner could have, you know, a fleet of 10 cars or 20 cars that they run themselves as their business. It’s a great model for the future where it’s lots of mom and pops, rather than one mega corp that does that.”
Because that is EXACTLY what will happen and it will absolutely NOT be the case that megacorps will simply do exactly what megacorps do and flood cities with robotaxis running at a loss in order to control the market and then jack up prices. No siree, it’ll be all Mom and Pop’s Friendly Robotaxi Company.
And even if that were true … There’s nothing virtuous about small businesses and I’m just aghast at this inane petit bourgeois vision for the future instead of, you know, actual public infrastructure.
Anthony Levandowski (the Waymo guy) on the robot cabs: "You’re putting the power back into the people’s hands, where a small business owner could have, you know, a fleet of 10 cars or 20 cars that they run themselves as their business. It’s a great model for the future where it’s lots of mom and pops, rather than one mega corp that does that.”
Because that is EXACTLY what will happen and it will absolutely NOT be the case that megacorps will simply do exactly what megacorps do and flood cities with robotaxis running at a loss in order to control the market and then jack up prices. No siree, it’ll be all Mom and Pop’s Friendly Robotaxi Company.
Rejoice, peon! For you have been BLESSED. Our RNG has deemed you are WORTHY to LEASE the chariot of your LORD, the WYMH McUltra Car.
And even if that were true … There’s nothing virtuous about small businesses and I’m just aghast at this inane petit bourgeois vision for the future instead of, you know, actual public infrastructure.
It’s car dealerships, but for rentals.