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The future of urban transportation is here, and it's taking the form of sleek, autonomous vehicles traveling through city streets. Across the United States, self-driving car companies are racing to revolutionize how we move, promising safer roads, reduced traffic and a new era of mobility. But it's in San Francisco that this future is suddenly now a reality for thousands.

Waymo, the Google-owned autonomous vehicle pioneer, is available to everyone in the city by the bay. Imagine cruising through the iconic streets of San Francisco without worrying about parking, navigating steep hills or designating a driver after a night out.

That's the promise Waymo is offering. But what does this sudden availability of autonomous rides mean for daily commutes, weekend plans and the very fabric of urban life in one of America's most dynamic cities?

A new study has revealed that people prefer AI over humans when it comes to redistributive decisions.

As technology continues to integrate into various aspects of public and private decision-making, understanding public perception and satisfaction and ensuring the transparency and accountability of algorithms will be key to their acceptance and effectiveness.

Over 200 participants from the UK and Germany were asked to vote on whether they wanted a human or an algorithm (AI) to make the decision that would determine how much money they earned.

Contrary to previous findings, over 60 percent of participants chose AI over a human to decide how the earnings were redistributed. Participants favoured the algorithm, irrespective of potential discrimination. This preference challenges the conventional notion that human decision-makers are favoured in decisions involving a ‘moral’ component such as fairness.

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