cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/202379
The robotaxi company Waymo has suspended service in some parts of Los Angeles after some of its vehicles were summoned and then vandalized by protesters angry with ongoing raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Five of Waymo’s autonomous Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicles were summoned downtown to the site of anti-ICE protests, at which point they were vandalized with slashed tires and spray-painted messages. Three were set on fire.
The Los Angeles Police Department warned people to avoid the area due to risks from toxic gases given off by burning EVs. And Waymo told Ars that it is “in touch with law enforcement” regarding the matter.
The protesters in Los Angeles were outraged after ICE, using brutal tactics, began detaining people in raids across the city. Thousands of Angelenos took to the streets over the weekend to confront the masked federal enforcers and, in some cases, forced them away.
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I love how a small group managed to burn some waymo’s while most protesters were peaceful and non violent.
Meanwhile the police are shooting rubber bullets and tear-gas. All dressed in military gear.
But please tell me more about how google lost some stock value. Let’s team together that unlawful gatherings
demonstrationsshould be punished harsher./s
Really? We’re upvoting this?
Google is not particularly innocent of children trying to be kidnapped by ICE agents in LA:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/09/google-donates-1-million-to-trumps-inauguration-fund.html
Edit: what I mean is, of forms of protest, this is mild compared to what the opposition is doing. This is just property, not lives torn appart.
I’m not sure how this relates remotely to fuck AI, but seeing how we’re going Reddit style downvoting without comment explanation, I’ll just shut my mouth.
I think I’ll leave this community actually. It is extremely poorly and haphazardly moderated too.
I suppose I agree with your statement, but was just trying to (poorly) mention how it is sometimes hard to separate the company or product from the executive/CEO decisions.
Yeah, it’s a bit worrying about the future of this community
I hope we don’t get to a point where “Protesters executed AI researchers” is upvoted to the moon
“Protesters executed AI researchers”
As long as it’s not actual researchers, but the bros who think ChatGPT is like a little human in a computer (in Minecraft of course).