I don’t think they’ll do that either - BUT - I don’t doubt that Uber will ride the shift towards autonomy and use people’s idle autonomous cars to spring into action in the same fashion that Tesla thinks it will (and probably should). 

Only in the most distopian society would losing a billion dollars be considered acceptable.

On a side note, Tesla is already planning the fleet of self driving vehicles to compete in this sphere. To add to this, I feel bad about UBER drivers, and whenever I have used them (a few times a year), I tip them very decently, Uber is like Wal-Mart.

Whenever the whole “Uber is waiting for self-driving cars for that free labor” thing comes up, I can’t help but notice that there is never a discussion about who the hell is going to pay for the ownership, gas, insurance, licensing and maintenance of these cars.  Actually treating their employees like employees, who…

People can do what they like with their money...I wouldn’t touch this IPO with a hundred foot pole...Uber’s entire existence relies on technology magically coming to fruition AND then banking that their name is going to be key. In other words, when self-driving cars become a thing, why wouldn’t GM immediately not just…