Tesla's 'robotaxi' rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel

9 breadwinner 6 7/31/2025, 5:57:48 PM theverge.com ↗

Comments (6)

dotcoma · 18h ago
For good pay, I can drive them dressed up as a robot!
throw03172019 · 18h ago
No health insurance, though. You’re just a contractor.
dotcoma · 17h ago
An AI driver is just a contractor ??
breadwinner · 18h ago
Elon Musk finally does the responsible thing and acknowledges his LiDAR-less cars are not ready to self-drive.
sugarpimpdorsey · 18h ago
As if the LIDAR-equipped cars are, and not merely snarling SF traffic when they see a traffic cone, lose their minds, and shut down in the middle of the street.

Maybe we have to accept 'rickshaw attendant' is one job that's relatively secure from AI.

standardUser · 14h ago
I don't know what you're on about, but I do know they've had over 10 million fully autonomous taxi rides across 4 major cities. Compared to Tesla's whopping 0.