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by JumpCrisscross 841 days ago
> How will waymo help with something like the super bowl?

It will commit to the ride and not cancel.

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Only if it’s coded that way. And a profit-seeking org may not code it that way if the optimal solution (for them) is canceling and finding more lucrative passengers.
A profit seeking org wouldn't take the ride in the first place instead of repeatedly accepting and cancelling. Or it would simply increase the price because it implicitly knows the value.
And yet Uber allows drivers to cancel, which has the same impact as an AI cancelling.
If they want me to take a ride tomorrow, they won't cancel on me today.