What's Lost When the Human Drivers Are Gone?

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4.1 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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If you’ve spent time in San Francisco or Phoenix in the last couple years, chances are you’ve probably seen a self-driving car making its way around. This week, we’re joined by WIRED’s Aarian Marshall to talk about the race to flood our streets with self-driving cars. We’ll get into safety regulations, the pros and cons of robo taxis, and we imagine a future where driverless cars become mainstream.

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0:00.0	Lauren, would you like to introduce our guest?
0:03.3	I thought we were going to do the old Lauren.
0:05.2	Mike.
0:06.5	Lauren.
0:07.8	I would be happy to introduce our guest.
0:10.5	So Zoe is not here today.
0:12.2	She's around.
0:13.4	She's very busy.
0:14.7	Yeah.
0:15.2	And we are very excited to welcome in her place, Arion Marshall.
0:19.6	Ariane is a staff writer at Wired covering all things transportation.
0:23.9	There's a lot going on in transportation these days.
0:26.7	Ariane, it's great to have you here.
0:28.4	It's great to be here.
0:29.6	Why didn't you fly on an airplane out to San Francisco to join us?
0:33.7	I didn't fly on an airplane out to San Francisco to join you because that's not in Condi Nass budget right now.
0:43.0	Do you live in New York now?
0:44.8	No, I'm just here for a few months.
0:46.9	Okay.
0:47.4	Did they have Waymo's in New York City?
0:49.4	They do not have Waymos or any sort of self-driving cars.
0:52.4	I think New York City is kind of like the final
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