NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF
&gt; My ride was so smooth, the novelty began to wear off, turning a trip to the future into just another journey across town.<p>This is the only nod in the article to how futuristic and revelatory this innovation. The journalists sound so bored.<p>I wonder if this is a function of how “around the corner” this tech has felt for so long? Have we somehow become jaded to this innovation before it has even arrived?<p>Were journalists covering advent of passenger flights dedicating the first half of articles to safety and political concerns before accounting for the experience of a “first in a lifetime” ride?