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Vandals set fire to Waymo car during Lunar New Year celebration

An autonomous Waymo met an untimely end thanks to an unruly mob.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/vandals-set-fire-to-waymo-car-during-lunar-new-year-celebration/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jef ,
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@arstechnica "Multi-ton robot tried to push through a crowd, so they disabled it to prevent anyone from being injured or killed." Fixed that for you.

Bradcopter ,
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@arstechnica Automated Cars Are Bastards

ecn ,
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@arstechnica "untimely" sorry am I supposed to feel sad about this? I'm thrilled.

lackattack ,
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@arstechnica You want rise of the machines this is how you get rise of the machines

delric ,
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@arstechnica we don’t need more robots cabs. next!

mhoye ,
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@arstechnica "It's mostly just a question of if the company wants to press charges", haha.

I wonder if you can find a jury in SF who'd convict anyone of stopping a robot car from driving through a street party.

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