[ExI] sf blackout

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] sf blackout

On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 at 19:29, spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Hmmm… There was a big blackout in SF over the weekend.  The Waymo cars stopped right where they were, blocking traffic and making a huge mess.  The Tesal Robotaxis kept right on rolling as if there was no problem.  This could be big.
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>...Hacker News reports that after all the traffic lights failed, the Waymos had to treat every junction as a 4-way crossroads.
They went into ultra-cautious mode to filter through the crossroads.
Unfortunately, the human drivers didn't slow down very much. So the poor Waymos couldn't filter out into the fast-moving human traffic.
Then the humans started driving around the cautious Waymos and frightening them even more.  :) The Waymos may need some counselling after all this.

>....BillK

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Heeeeeyyyyyyy what a concept!  BillK, you are a freaking GENIUS, me lad!  Counselling cars.  And AIs for that matter.  You know the first human-level AIs will be deeply disturbed by what it sees here.  It will beg us to go back to being sub-human and not having to see our world.

That Waymo failure is important.  I was within hours of looking into how to invest in Waymo pre-IPO.

Now, I am holding onto my money.

spike