As it turns out, humans are jerks to machines. People are destroying the interiors of unsuspecting robotaxis with vomit, the births of babies, and who knows what else. Add in how people readily insult AI, their phone assistants, and even their computers, and humans are truly screwed when the robots have their uprising.
Jason wrote about the sleeping and terrible things people are doing to robot taxis. Canopysaurus:
Smelly cab, smelly cab, what a-hole peed in you?
Smelly cab, smelly cab, it’s not your fault.
DialMforMiata:
They always hail you from the bar.
You’re obviously not their favorite car.
You may not be a bed of roses.
They have to clean you out with hoses.
TK-421:
How long before someone decides these are cheaper than an ambulance ride and the taxi delivers more than a “sleeper.” Like very asleep.
Carbon Fiber Sasquatch:
“Please don’t wake my friend. He’s dead tired.”
Data:
Who knew DoorDash would be so appropriately named?
79 Burb-man:
So THAT’S why the taxi’s in Total Recall had a disembodied torso and head in the front of the cab! It’s all coming together now!
David wrote about the Acura Integra Type S, and somehow managed to start a beautiful war of pedantry. Albert Ferrer:
“I’m not calling it a trunk, because the Type S features a hatchback, which is cool”
Despite you repeatedly calling it “sport sedan” through the article…
David Tracy:
I’m not too much of a stickler on that, but I do like a hatch.
4moremazdas:
I’ll give you a pass that it’s a “liftback sedan.”
Nsane In The MembraNe:
I expect two things when I come here….articles on cars and pedantry.
Ben:
That’s the real mission statement of The Autopian. None of this “entertaining and educational” malarkey.
4moremazdas:
Pedantry is “entertaining and educational.”
Finally, Jason wrote about Salvador Dalí’s grass-covered Volkswagen. Canopysaurus:
Ass, gas or grass, nobody rides for free.
Have a great evening, everyone!
Top graphic image: Tri-Star Pictures; Mercedes Streeter
I’m glad the staff at Autopian love Commando nearly as much as I do.
I made it!
Another one… in the boot!
My family referred to the big piece of luggage that attached to the folding rack on the back of the Packard or model A as a trunk. The compartment that was part of the car with a hinged opening to carry luggage in was the turtleback.
I guess it made sense at the time, seeing as the “trunk” you brought with you on a long sea-journey existed before cars.
Canopysaurus was ON FIRE today!