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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Beyond the technical challenges, which I believe will be overcome, there are serious noise, safety, and energy consumption issues with these machines that need to be addressed if they are to actually benefit society. If these are not addressed, hopefully regulators will keep them out of cities. But I don’t necessarily have a lot of faith that society’s leaders will put the common good ahead of the whims of the rich.