JCM 5/15/2026 9:50:19 AM

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Empty Waymo robotaxis swarm Atlanta neighborhood, circle cul-de-sac for hours

That’s exactly what happened to residents on Battleview Drive in northwest Atlanta, who woke up to find up to 50 Waymo vehicles cruising their dead-end street between 6 and 7 a.m.-with zero passengers aboard.

Yeah, not worried about AI coming for my job.

buzzsawmonkey 5/15/2026 10:16:14 AM

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Reply to JCM in 1:

Guess that was way mo' taxis than the neighborhood needed.

preBoomer-Marinebrat 5/15/2026 11:49:05 AM

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In #1 JCM said:      Waymo

Anyone who implicitly trusts software deserves whatever they get.

This one's potentially more lethal.  (The videos of the event are down inside the article.)  Its like the homeless woman pushing a shopping basket across a street.

The developers and managers who create these "circumstances" should be taken to the scene at midday, stripped naked and forced to kneel for an hour with everyone watching them.

JCM 5/15/2026 12:47:31 PM

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In #3 preBoomer-Marinebrat said: Anyone who implicitly trusts software deserves whatever they get.

I was just showing my manager how the software we use to design circuit boards for aircraft instruments can't be trust. It has a built-in rule checker to check the design against the programmed rules. How it will give different result when you run it against the same parameters. That verifying the design takes longer than just running the rule checker.

Goes back to an old article I read ages ago by David Gelernter. His point was unless we teach people the fundamentals, the ability to recognize when software puts out garbage. Lack of fundamentals means reliance on software or any "black box" system is dangerous without the skills to evaluate output.

preBoomer-Marinebrat 5/15/2026 1:01:08 PM

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In #4 JCM said: the skills to evaluate output

I think that sometimes the developers don't COMPLETELY know what they want, and don't.

I also think (in my arrogant opinion) that it's related to the underlying Sixties-based societal culture, which is strongly about "ME!" and "NOW!".