When San Francisco first began offering driverless, commercial “robotaxis” to ferry the public, it seemed as though the city could actually turn a feat promised by science fiction into a reality. Then, things started going wrong. A car stopped in the middle of the street during rush hour, causing a two-mile traffic jam.

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