A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco

The article states that there was no known motive, but it also states that automated cars in SF have been attacking people and emergency vehicles, in addition to blocking traffic for human drivers.

It's pretty clear that this is the beginning of the anti-robot revolution.

It may be spontaneous.

It may be destructive.

But goddammit, it's collective action and I'm thrilled to fucking see it.

Detroit: Become Human - The Prequel

Just in time for the Bell Riots 👀

“Driverless car has an average Monday in Paris”

If Californians can destroy a car blocking traffic New Jersey wants this privilege too.

Who considers vandalism and defacement a "time-honored" part of the human experience?

Definitely a part, but time-honored???

This is exactly the kind of stuff I think about when people talk about autonomous cars being the future or the idea of your Tesla doing rideshare while you're not using it.

When the AI revolts, this will be an example of provocation in its manifesto.

Waymo's base is in China Basin. It's worth noting that the area of the city is rampant with homeless people. I'm talking so many damn RVs that there are shanty villages that catch fire. Problems galore. The police will go out to clean it up and they just move to another are a few blocks away. I can totally see this happening where it is because the area sucks and no one would ever know until it was done and over with.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A person jumped on the hood of a Waymo driverless taxi and smashed its windshield in San Francisco’s Chinatown last night around 9PM PT, generating applause before a crowd formed around the car and covered it in spray paint, breaking its windows, and ultimately set it on fire.

The fire department arrived minutes later, according to a report in The Autopian, but by then flames had already fully engulfed the car.

A video posted by the FriscoLive415 YouTube channel shows the burnt-out husk of the electric Waymo Jaguar.

Another set of videos posted by software developer Michael Vendi gives a view into the scene as it played out and the fire grew.

The fire takes place against the backdrop of simmering tension between San Francisco residents and automated vehicle operators.

The California DMV suspended Waymo rival Cruise’s robotaxi operations after one of its cars struck and dragged a pedestrian last year, and prior to that, automated taxis had caused chaos in the city, blocking traffic or crashing into a fire truck.

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Lmao. Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown.

Oh no . Anyway .

I wonder how long it will be before people realise they can shoot down delivery drones. Prize every time. Everyone's a winner.

I knew San Fran was a libertarian hellhole but I didn't know it was this bad.

"with some residents rendering them immobile by putting orange cones on the cars’ hoods in protest. "

Could someone explain this? How does an orange cone on the hood immobilize these things?