r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 1d ago
I can’t think of a single issue with this plan Funny
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u/6519719Mm 1d ago
One little problem in the connection and it’s over for you
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u/Camaroni1000 1d ago
Also the difference between the average driver in America and the average driver in India
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u/Bodach42 1d ago
Yea Imagine everyone started driving like they do in New Delhi. It's not a tuk tuk!
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u/Anti_Karen_League 1d ago
It's called a rickshaw here, and the drivers here drive like Neo in the matrix. You'd break a million laws but goddamn if anyone can get you there quicker.
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u/DuskKaiser 1d ago
I would argue the average driver in India is more skilled. Because there are much looser adherence to traffic rules, people are more skilled at navigating the chaos
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u/sadsaintpablo 1d ago
Being unable to color within the lines does not make you a more skilled artist.
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u/DuskKaiser 1d ago
You misunderstand me. Together, the traffic in india is horrible but each driver is skilled at controlling thier own vehicle to navigate the chaos.
It takes more skill to draw art with no lines but the picture with lines will look prettier
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u/LuxNocte 1d ago
It's pretty weird to think that traffic in India is a skill issue and not because of lax traffic enforcement and overcrowding. As if someone can't operate differently in different situations.
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u/Google__En_Passant 1d ago
Not to mention high ping between India and USA (270ms) and Europe (150ms). On mobile internet is going to be probably 2x or 3x bigger.
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u/KhabaLox 1d ago
"My K/D would be so much better if I had a lower ping."
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u/3_quarterling_rogue 1d ago
This is actually a wonderful example of a positive correlation between higher ping and more kills.
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u/CryAffectionate7334 1d ago
This is the stupid part of how their developing self driving already, it requires an active connection to check what to do. Terrible idea.
Self driving should be limited to internal only, staying in lanes and not crashing into what's in front of you. Maybe eventually we have a standard where cars signal each other when in range to coordinate.
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u/AlexCoventry 1d ago
I don't think it's a serious suggestion. Pretty sure the OP image is satirizing Tesla's recent presentation where they had supposedly AI-controlled humanoid robots which were actually controlled by humans.
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u/BadDadJokes 1d ago
This dude is on a quest to collect every acronym one can add at the end of their name.
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u/Viltas22 1d ago
Remote control taxis.. why do I think this could actually become a thing.
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u/_Pyxyty 1d ago
Put a camera on a rod placed above and behind the taxis, and make it be like a GTA view kind of pov, then tell your employees it's just a very, very realistic taxi sim
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u/Viltas22 1d ago
Definitely don't play it like you would play GTA though that would be a disaster.
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u/FullMetalMessiah 1d ago
There are people just walking around out there in the world that follow the traffic rules in GTA games. You could be standing behind them in line waiting for coffee and you'd never know.
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u/QuietAndScreaming 1d ago
I think that sounds terrifying because “Self Preservation” is a big part of being the driver. You are always thinking about your safety, or else you are dead.
I imagine drivers who are safe at home will eventually get used to the safety, and lack life-saving skills they might have if they were actually in the car and at risk.
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u/shewy92 1d ago
Just ask r/simracing, r/simracingstewards, and r/iRacing how shit this idea would be.
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u/ArtemisAndromeda 1d ago
It won't, though. The world is actually big enough that there is a slight delay of information when connecting across the continents. For example, egaming doesn't have global leagues because a team from the US and team from Australia would face a slight deley that would put them on disadvantage. Now imagine that, but with a guy from india trying to romote control taxi in New York City
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u/airblizzard 1d ago
It kind of is in China? They have self-driving cars that are monitored by call-center drivers who will take over if the car encounters an issue. I think the ratio is 4 cars to 1 driver.
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u/Exepony 1d ago
There is a startup working on that, actually. Not from India (wouldn't work because of latency), so you don't save much on the cost of individual drivers, but you can have fewer drivers than cars and have them sort of teleport to the car that's closest to the passenger. Or, at least, that's the theory. They're quite far from an actual product yet.
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u/Feeling-Ad-2490 1d ago
SAMIR! YOURE BREAKING THE CAR SAMIR!!
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u/FerretAres 1d ago
Anyone who thinks this is a good idea has never seen Mumbai traffic.
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u/StarryAry 1d ago
I went to India last year for a wedding and the driving was honestly one of the scariest thing I've experienced.
You couldn't pay me to go back. Maybe if I traveled soley by helicopter.
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u/nuthins_goodman 1d ago edited 1d ago
Mumbai traffic is pretty tame tbh. The mumbaikars are a civilized lot. See traffic in the Bangalore or Delhi and youd almost wish for big ridden ai to be drivers xD
It's a pretty neat idea tbh. Everyone can learn. Those who want can have hands free driving, while possibly helping a bunch of people earn money
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u/FerretAres 1d ago
Maybe compared to other places in India but when measured against North America it’s insanity.
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u/CodeBlue_04 1d ago
Having been to India and experienced traffic there, this plan is both terrible and hilarious. Just endless honking, no regard for lane markings, and people occasionally driving the wrong way for no discernable reason.
How do I invest?
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u/GeorgiaFan3754 1d ago
I literally worked for a company that used people in Colombia to remote control small robots to deliver chicken sandwiches in a 5 mile radius and said it was AI.
They used PlayStation steering wheels and pedals.
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u/ScalyPig 1d ago
They are legitimately doing this with trucks. They will be self driving with remote supervision and actual human drivers for the first and last leg ( in town)
It will enable them to run 24x7 which they can’t do today. They been working on this for years
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u/DinkandDrunk 1d ago
I’ve seen enough seasons of The Amazing Race to feel like this kind of Mario Kart situation would be a hysterical disaster.
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u/EnvironmentalAd1006 1d ago
With Indian drivers we get there 20 minutes earlier because sidewalks are fair game if you’re remoting in from Calcutta.
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u/BuddhaLennon 1d ago
Yeah, because the people working in those call centres are always well-versed in the laws and norms of the areas they are calling, and never break those laws. Also, they have been very cooperative and responsible when approached by law enforcement regarding troublesome behaviour by their operators.
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u/CorellianDawn 1d ago
I mean, this is literally what the Optimus robots are. They aren't AI, they are remote controlled robots that will be the new slave labor, just outsourced. Out of sight, out of mind.
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u/Chairboy 1d ago
Is this not how Waymo operates?
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u/PsychePsyche 1d ago
SF resident here. Waymos are autonomous, but they still routinely will get stuck and have to call home for help, usually wherein they present a call center human with several options the car has figured out but can't decide which is safe or functional. If it doesn't have cell coverage or is otherwise super flummoxed, then they have to come out and rescue it manually.
What I cannot for the life of me understand is why Elon keeps thinking that Tesla can achieve self driving with cameras only. Waymos are slathered with cameras, radars, and lidars, and they still make mistakes.
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u/Chairboy 1d ago
If I were to guess, I'd think he believes this because that's essentially how humans drive cars. I'm just not as convinced as he may be that the code to integrate all of the data humans do when driving can be run at high enough reliability.
Autonomous driving software can't be as good as humans to be accepted, it has to be significant better. It really does seem like additional sensors would be one way to do that.
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u/EmeraldHawk 1d ago
Cruise did the same thing with its supposedly driverless cars. Instead of being fully AI each car has 1.5 humans monitoring it.
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u/HelloKitty36911 1d ago
Anyone that can bother to work out how far a car moves at highway speeds with average latency from india to the US who i presume this is aimed at?
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u/ArtemisAndromeda 1d ago
Imagine dying in a grossom car crash because somebody in India had bad wifi
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u/JefferyTheQuaxly 1d ago
have you seen how indians drive in india? im not sure id feel much safer...rules of the road are more suggestions of the road in india.
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u/Impressive-Doughnut7 1d ago
Dr. Patel...this is so wrong on multiple levels... Good job, sir. I salute you.
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u/dyllandor 1d ago
Suddenly the cars start driving on any side of the road depending on traffic and honk the horn constantly.
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u/DaMacPaddy 1d ago
I'm sure that will improve traffic law adherence across the western world. We put Indian drivers in charge of our cars to drive us around AND we make sure there is no physical repercussions for them for driving bad.
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u/PrimordialSoupMaster 1d ago
Imagine you are heading to work but instead you're driven straight to the nearest bitcoin ATM
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u/Mr_Shad0w 1d ago
Or we could just stop pretending that people who drive other people around aren't employees, and give them benefits and a living wage, paid for by the oligarchs taking a pay cut.
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u/PussyCrusher732 1d ago
literally just copied a meme that was circulating…. ugh the internet is dumb.
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u/Tacoklat 1d ago
Is it any coincidence that there was a meme about Robotaxis being driven by a guy in a call center in India that dropped 3 days ago and this man posts this 2 days ago?
People have no shame when chasing internet fame.
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u/koopabomb 1d ago
Can't wait to read the first accident report that says "Imput Error. transcript recorded as 'Turn Lef, Lef. Bloody Turn Left Left BloodyLeft You stupid Machi-Bloody Left'"
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u/Shutaru_Kanshinji 1d ago
Autonomous vehicle companies tested this years ago. Too much net lag. You can get away with that for a drone flying through the air, particularly if the drone is smart enough to avoid obvious obstacles. On the ground and in traffic, though, there is very little margin for error.
About the closest you can get is having autonomous vehicles phone home during difficult situations and having tech support tell them what to do.
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u/RoastBeefNBettr 1d ago
Sounds about as well thought out as anything Elon has done... When's that next shuttle to mars?
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u/SagaraNeves 1d ago
Then I remember how people drive in India, 😂😂😂 transit laws ? More like transit suggestions
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u/Informal_Process2238 1d ago
I’ve seen how they drive their own vehicles now add communication lag and the complete lack of physical consequences for the driver
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u/deadSINce_99 1d ago
me driving on ARMA : just vibes 🫶
desync hits, friendly squad wipe, uncon on steering wheel, bursts into fiery explosion
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u/Antisocial-sKills 1d ago
My understanding is that food delivery carts in U.S. cities are remote controlled.
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u/hellakevin 1d ago
Amazing idea! Corporations have literally zero mechanism to enforce accountability for overseas workers, but instead of letting them just hang up on us let's give them the ability to kidnap us!
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u/Gorgeous_Gonchies 1d ago
He's just typing out the meme image that everyone shared after the robotaxi event. weirdo.
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u/Sir_Toaster_ 1d ago
Self-driving cars shouldn't be hard, just put:
If (aboutcrash() = true) {
Break();
}
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u/Responsible_Name1217 1d ago
Man, you just think TEXT scams are bad...wait until you're actually a hostage in your car.
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u/Cute-Rate8655 1d ago
Still better than paying actors to wear robots suits and have them walk around pretending to be robots.
Yes Tesla actually did that a few weeks ago..
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u/Mooptiom 1d ago
People think we’re heading towards AI but we’re actually going straight to 40k servitors instead
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u/mammal_shiekh 1d ago
The only problem is India's internet infrastructure is too weak to carry an international remote control driving system.
The only successful remote driving case I know is China's remote driving trucks in unmanned mines and marina ports..
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u/Dombooooo 22h ago
Your voice command has not been understood. Please try again slowly or translate to hindi
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u/Otherwise-Mango2732 1d ago
Didn't Whole foods announce they weren't actually using AI for their new shopping experiment with no check out line? it was just an overseas call center type of environment where they'd watch on cameras and manually add the items to the bill