One day after California green-lighted a massive expansion of driverless robotaxis in San Francisco, the implications became clear.
The cars sat motionless with parking lights flashing for 15 minutes, then woke up and moved on, witnesses said.Aaron Peskin, who represents North Beach on the San Francisco City Council, was flooded with texts, emails and videos from constituents as the robotaxis, programmed with artificial intelligence software, sat unresponsive. In one video, zeroing in on a robotaxi’s “driver” seat, a man says “this is what our city has come to.