[kbos87]

I wonder if we'll eventually see a world where the former Uber drivers who are slowly being lulled into dependence fight back when their jobs are automated away. Autonomous vehicles could be an easy target in a lot of ways, especially when unoccupied. Slap some electrical tape on their sensors, chock their tires, or confuse them with clever tactics like this.

[parenthephobia]

One time that sort of thing happened at scale was in the 19th century, when skilled textile workers destroyed the mechanized looms that were putting them out of work. Those people were the original Luddites.

The British government responded by making destroying mechanized looms a capital offense, and deploying the army against them.

[eeZah7Ux]

> Autonomous vehicles could be an easy target

An orwellian, neworked device with hundreds of sensors, cameras, laser scanners? Not so easy.

[zkms]

If you actually want to damage sensors of unattended autonomous vehicles you could do a lot worse than just like...shooting at it with a firearm. Delicate precision sensors don't take to bullets too well, also using firearms lets you be well outside the range of the target vehicle's sensors.

[tyingq]

It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear.

[jfoutz]

when red light cameras came to my town, a person dressed as Santa Claus carried large wrapped boxes with holes in the bottom. The person put the packages over the cameras. AFAIK, no one was ever charged.

Maybe in the future it'll be impossible to get away with things like that in the future.

[LeifCarrotson]

That would be as criminal as taxi drivers slashing Uber tires, or artisanal craftsmen burning down factories.

[kbos87]

True. I'm not condoning, just questioning.