Robotaxi automotive firm Waymo and meals supply app DoorDash confirmed that, sure, they’re working collectively to ship folks out to shut automotive doorways left open by careless riders. We dwell in a tragic and horrible future.
Earlier this week, a Reddit post from a DoorDash driver went semi-viral because it seemingly confirmed the app providing the consumer $6.25 to go drive a couple of blocks and shut a Waymo door that was left open. As soon as the duty was accomplished and verified, the motive force can be paid an extra $5. The consumer had by no means seen a suggestion like this earlier than and requested others if they’d been requested to go shut a robotaxi’s door. Some even puzzled if the motive force was faking the order solely for some odd cause. However nope, that is actual.
TechCrunch reached out to Waymo and DoorDash in regards to the put up, and the 2 firms confirmed they’re certainly working collectively and paying folks to shut doorways.
“Waymo is at present working a pilot program in Atlanta to reinforce its AV fleet effectivity. Within the uncommon occasion a automobile door is left ajar, stopping the automotive from departing, close by Dashers are notified, permitting Waymo to get its autos again on the street shortly,” mentioned the businesses in a joint assertion.
Sure, which means that DoorDashers are getting paid to shut doorways on autos which might be designed to in the future exchange them and different drivers fully. However hey, $11 is good, I suppose. And possibly the robots will keep in mind those who closed the doorways for them and be nicer to them once they run all the pieces.
