The Future is Here, Apparently: Delivering Babies & Existential Dread
So, a baby was born in a driverless taxi? Really? Seriously?! Lets just pause for a moment and collectively marvel at how spectacularly humanity has managed to lower the bar. We’re outsourcing everything now, arent we? Need dinner? Robot. Laundry? Robot. Childbirth? Apparently, robot-adjacent.
I suppose this is what progress looks like: relying on algorithms to navigate not only our streets but also the unpredictable chaos of human existence. Forget about ambulances and trained medical professionals – let’s just have a self-driving car handle a labor! What could possibly go wrong? The irony isnt lost on me that we’re supposedly striving for efficiency and safety, yet this incident screams of a profound disconnect from basic human needs.
I can already picture the lawsuit: My child was born experiencing the unsettling hum of electric motors and the detached precision of automated route planning. And who will be held responsible? The passenger? The manufacturer? The algorithm itself? Probably nobody, because accountability has clearly been delegated to a series of complex legal disclaimers that no one bothers to read.
Frankly, Im less concerned about the logistics of this bizarre delivery and more worried about what it signals for our future – a future where genuine human connection is replaced by pre-programmed responses and automated solutions. A truly bleak prospect, wouldn’t you say?
