• @DrCake
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      341 month ago

      Who would win. A cyberpunk looking “$30k” robotaxi or one speed bump/pot hole

      • TimeSquirrel
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        211 month ago

        In the future, there are no potholes or imperfections of any kind. The ground and buildings are smooth, shiny, and constantly maintained to perfection somehow. Everything looks like a starship.

        • @SlopppyEngineer
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          61 month ago

          Camera pans down to the lower levels. Dark illuminated streets are visible, illuminated by sparse sunlight that manages to find cracks in the starship like road above. Flickering mismatched neon signs offer work, with long lines of broken humans waiting to find any job not taken over by AI and Optimus robots.

        • JohnEdwa
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          21 month ago

          Of course, they will all be made of perfectly smooth glass because they will be Solar FREAKING roadways! Everyone knows this, duhh.

        • @db2
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          21 month ago

          Everything’s chrome in the future!

      • @marcos
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        21 month ago

        As long as it’s not a water poodle…

            • @[email protected]
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              21 month ago

              I think the concept is cool, and it would probably make a good replacement for buses. In my area, we have on-demand vans run by the org that runs the buses, and they basically take people to/from any transit stop in the area. A robovan would replace those, and potentially replace buses as well, and they could run more frequently because you don’t need to have drivers.

              So I absolutely like the idea, but I still think it looks dumb. Why screens instead of windows? Why does it look like it’s from a video game?

                • @[email protected]
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                  It has windows.

                  On the sides, and they’re like 1/3 of the total length of the vehicle, and on the ceiling. At least from the bit that I saw in the presentation. Buses today have much better visibility.

                  Because they’re cool

                  Nah, I think it’s because it fits the art direction of the game. Cyberpunk has a certain feel, and GTA has another.

                  The robovan and the cybertruck don’t match anything in the real world, or anything that came before. So it sticks out like an eyesore IMO.

                  But yeah, beauty is subjective, and I guess we’ll see what it actually looks like if it ever hits the market.

      • Kokesh
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        31 month ago

        No one gives a flying F what that asshole says.

        • Kwozyman
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          41 month ago

          Unfortunately a lot of people do. So many people care they made him the richest person in the world. I always hated obscenely rich people, but there’s something special with Musk, he manages to add insult to injury.

          • @Num10ck
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            41 month ago

            look at the stock prices of Tesla Uber and Lyft today.

            • Kwozyman
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              11 month ago

              Haha, had no idea, I don’t watch the stock market

      • @_bcron_
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        31 month ago

        That image is of the bus so it probably requires a ‘fleet’ type purchase alongside a maintenance contract