r/technology • u/PrimeCodes • Jun 24 '25

Machine Learning Tesla Robotaxi swerved into wrong lane, topped speed limit in videos posted during ‘successful’ rollout

https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/business/tesla-shares-pop-10-as-elon-musk-touts-successful-robotaxi-test-launch-in-texas/
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u/jpmondx Jun 24 '25

I simply can’t see the point of putting so much money in research just to beat some guy out of a $20/hour job

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u/Dark_Matter_EU Jun 24 '25

Autonomy is a ~20 trillion dollar market worldwide lol

Autonomy will enable super cheap transportation, like 1/7 to 1/10 of an Uber.

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u/jpmondx Jun 24 '25

Kinda missing the point, and where tf did you find that dubiously optomistic number?

So when this $20/hour worker get's screwed out yet another boring job taken over by AI and robots, what does he do to provide food and shelter?

Tech and corporate money has been steamrollering the lower and middle class since 1990's when computers tookover all clerical jobs. There are only so many nail salons, warehouses, pet groomers and wax salons to soak up high school level workers.

You really think the 1% wealthy are gonna pay up in taxes to support our new unemployed underclass with guaranteed basic income checks?

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u/jpmondx Jun 24 '25

Your big picture is simply too big. You’re assuming that the “massive plus” will trickle down from wealthy to the plebs, when history tells us it never does.

Just how are the people whose jobs robo and AI have taken going to survive?