WHEN ROBOT TAXIS GET STUCK, A SECRET ARMY OF HUMANS COMES TO THE RESCUE

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Waymo vehicles become stranded if a human doesn't close the door behind them at the end of a ride. Riders and passerbys are unreliable, so Waymo summons help through an app called Honk, paying workers $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door. Last weekend's power outage in San Francisco resulted in a severe gridlock throughout the city, causing a flurry of requests for tow-truck companies to retrieve Waymo vehicles. These are examples of how, as automation advances, it can create new work for humans to fix errors.