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by tjoff 11 days ago
I kind of assumed the car would be locked (from the outside)?

Like most regular cars have the option to.

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The Waymo I saw the other day, one guy stopped the car, the other broke the window and snatched all the goodies from the occupants.
I find it somehow like a dystopia that things like these happen. This isn't about kids dying in some foreign country on some distant continent and we're investing in fancy robot taxis. This is actually that some people have the privilege of living in a bubble and using this technology that these huge corporations put money in (for the profit of their shareholders) while in the same time ignoring the core issues of the society that lead to such acts happening (stealing in broad daylight stuff from a car while people are inside it). I know people will say that this isn't for Google to fix (yeah, they only fix and lobby for laws that help them make more money) or for the tech people working for these companies and browsing these forums to fix, but I do find it a bit disgusting.
Do you think sitting inside you will be protected if someone has a gun?
So you're implying that someone in a locked Waymo was assaulted at gunpoint from outside the vehicle? These are rolling surveillance machines (in a good way?) and virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras. I'd be surprised if this hypothetical scenario has ever happened, and if it has, I'd love to see the evidence.
I think people vastly overestimate the extent to which would be criminals think ahead to the likelihood of being caught and the severity of the punishment.
They might not, but there is a further defence against their lack of consideration about consequences.

It's called incarceration.

Not really related to my reply
I'm surprised explanation is necessary, but OK.

Even if the criminals don't themselves consider the presence of cameras, the cameras likely ensure they will not have freedom for too much longer.

You're laying on enough qualifiers that even a recent robbery of a Waymo is precluded, because (if we really want to victim blame) their window was down which is asking for it.

But overall, not sure why the tone of these replies: then Venn diagram of "wants to rob people" and "cares Google's AV will record it" doesn't include as much overlap as you're implying.

A Waymo has even been used as a getaway vehicle a few times now, once even successfully

Cameras aren't going to stop a crime in progress.
But they might stop it from happening again if the perpetrators are imprisoned as a result of the footage.
> virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras

If only there were a widely available technology to conceal ones face...

Obviously the Waymo Premier service should also include a nice handgun with the car.
Why should I have to wield a gun myself? A self-driving car should be able to shoot at threats autonomously!
We need the service Delamain sells in Cyberpunk:

> Clients can also upgrade to the Excelsior package, which includes the standard service package plus complete health coverage, active passenger medical scanning, combat mode, and free corpse disposal in the event of the client's death.

Something classy like a Beretta 92 series?

https://www.beretta.com/en-us/product/92x-performance-defens...

...or something more retro-futuristic like an FN-90 to match the vibe of a self-driving EV?

https://fnamerica.com/products/rifles/fn-ps90-standard/

...plus you get the advantages of a carbine.