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Dozens of empty Waymos invade neighborhood in Atlanta leaving neighbors baffled
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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With an automated fleet of thousands of vehicles, I wonder how easy it will be to paralize traffic around a city in a click of a button.
Not only traffic - Google is now able to kill every protest in the areas they are operating their Waymos. They can block streets or simply do an automated Tiananmen Square massacre by ordering their thousands of vehicles to drive at full speed through the protestors. They can also encircle protest camps like on Tahir square by simply driving around them at high speeds
Hopefully they don't do this.
Didnt they remove "Dont be evil" from their mission statement?
I figured social media was already doing that further left of an event by shadow banning posters that could create communities and foster protests. It is far cheaper to keep people feeling helpless and disconnected from other disenfranchised people.
Can't wait for IRL denial of service attack