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Phil Koopman's avatar

That is their term for it. Seriously.

Swag Valance's avatar

The deprioritization of physical presence is a megatrend. From speed light cameras to restaurants with service staff on screens in remote countries to even VAR catering to a football game’s experience on television over the real experiences of people in the actual stadium. What can be done remotely is eroding the value of any physical presence.

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Just published on Tik tok - Waymo driving wrong way down street, support escalated from Phillipines to US - live

https://www.reddit.com/r/waymo/s/bU4Z5IjOHd

Phil Koopman's avatar

Interesting; thanks for sharing!

Phil Koopman's avatar

Junko Yoshida has a piece on this topic as well that includes additional perspective from her and Missy Cummings. Well worth a read:

https://junkoyoshidaparis.substack.com/p/robotaxi-teleoperators-we-know-theyre