My Herky-Jerky Ride in General Motors' Ultra-Cautious Self Driving Car
My Herky-Jerky Ride in General Motors' Ultra-Cautious Self Driving Car
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November 29, 20178m 54s
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Show Notes
Nothing will make you hate humans—capricious, volatile, unplanned, erratic humans—like sitting in the back of self-driving car. When I hitched a ride in one, a white and orange General Motors Cruise autonomous vehicle during a press event in San Francisco on Tuesday, every movement was a cause for alarm. Two walkers darted out in front of the car during my roughly 20-minute, 3-mile ride, blissfully ignorant that they were trusting their lives to a piece of software.
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