NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF
> My ride was so smooth, the novelty began to wear off, turning a trip to the future into just another journey across town.This is the only nod in the article to how futuristic and revelatory this innovation. The journalists sound so bored.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?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?