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>Sure, but the Waymo is taking intrusive video of much more than the inside of the car. The alternative is having a driver in the car, which is equally intrusi

• kennywinker 4d ago
  > The alternative is having a driver in the car, which is equally intrusive. Would you rather have one random stranger see you naked, or have a video of you naked passed around to every cop in your city? Unless you feel the same about those two scenarios, it seems like a driver and a camera are not equally intrusive.
  • gruez 4d ago
    >Would you rather have one random stranger see you naked, or have a video of you naked passed around to every cop in your city? Half the ubers I've been now has a "you're being recorded" notice. Public transit is far worse.
    • kennywinker 4d ago
      You seem to have missed the point. A recording is one thing. A networked camera being ai-monitored in realtime is another. Your uber driver is using the video to protect their in-app reputation (also dystopian, but unrelated), and in case a crime is committed against them or they are accused of one. A networked ai monitored camera system is a panopticon. It will be (or already has been) turned against journalists, protesters, political opponents, ex girlfriends, union organizers, etc.