Tesla CEO Elon Musk called public transport a “pain in the ass” and suggested the subway was a great place to bump into a murderer.
Musk’s ambition, which he’s pursuing through projects including The Boring Company, is to replace subways and buses with autonomous, individualized ‘pods’ to take riders precisely where they want to go, on demand.
At an artificial intelligence conference earlier this month, Musk said that “public transport is painful. It sucks. Why do you want to get on something with a lot of other people, that doesn’t leave where you want it to leave, doesn’t start where you want it to start, doesn’t end where you want it to end?”
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