How much would you pay? Why not hire an actual human driver?

human drivers are inconvenient. They need sleep, and food, and probably won't be willing to take a 5 month trip south of the border for giggles. They poop. Inevitably they will try to do weird shit like have a conversation.

	▲	echelon 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		This. My car is my property. I own it. It does everything I want it to. It is an extension of me. That question is like asking, "Why own a computer? Why not hire a mathematician to do all your computation for you?" The problems a self-driving problem solves are 100x deeper than a human, and the second order effects to greater society are enormous. When everyone and everything is self-driving, the roads aren't roads any more - they're TCP/IP and logistics super highways. Anything can go anywhere for any reason at any time. This is a huge societal unlock. Even thinking about how frictionful ordering an Uber is is exhausting when thinking about the idyllic future of simply jumping into my own car - my own space - and having it do exactly what I want. This future is magical and I want it now.