Dara Khosrowshahi

There was absolutely a view of the management and the board agreed, and I have to be careful because it was a boardroom and it's confidential, et cetera, which is if there's going to be a top global brand for quality news, that should be the New York Times. Why would it not be the New York Times? They were very clear-eyed about that, and they're quite determined to achieve that.

There was absolutely a view of the management and the board agreed, and I have to be careful because it was a boardroom and it's confidential, et cetera, which is if there's going to be a top global brand for quality news, that should be the New York Times. Why would it not be the New York Times? They were very clear-eyed about that, and they're quite determined to achieve that.

I think they're doing a great job.

I think they're doing a great job.

Well, it will be interesting to see, which is they... Netflix is building...

Well, it will be interesting to see, which is they... Netflix is building...

korean content that then extends globally new york times isn't necessarily doing that right it's english language content that is relevant to the world but is probably relevant especially international to sub-segment right it's it's higher end consumer etc who can't afford the price but again it's been an absolute winner of a strategy and what's been a tough business

korean content that then extends globally new york times isn't necessarily doing that right it's english language content that is relevant to the world but is probably relevant especially international to sub-segment right it's it's higher end consumer etc who can't afford the price but again it's been an absolute winner of a strategy and what's been a tough business

That is an unanswerable question. It is because there's the last 2% of use cases, the tail use cases. It's unknowable what it'll take to get past that last 2%. And there's this pretty interesting philosophical question, which is, How safe does a robot have to be? In the US, I think there are 40,000 deaths as a result of car accidents. Let's say that robot cars are 10 times safer

That is an unanswerable question. It is because there's the last 2% of use cases, the tail use cases. It's unknowable what it'll take to get past that last 2%. And there's this pretty interesting philosophical question, which is, How safe does a robot have to be? In the US, I think there are 40,000 deaths as a result of car accidents. Let's say that robot cars are 10 times safer

Yeah. If you're 10 times safer, you know, fast forward 25 years from now, like who knows what it will be, 4,000 deaths a year, right? So a little more than 10 a day. And like if you have four companies... that are responsible for the marketplace, five companies, right? And there are 10 deaths a day. Like a good day is, hey, we only had one fatality. That's a good day.

Yeah. If you're 10 times safer, you know, fast forward 25 years from now, like who knows what it will be, 4,000 deaths a year, right? So a little more than 10 a day. And like if you have four companies... that are responsible for the marketplace, five companies, right? And there are 10 deaths a day. Like a good day is, hey, we only had one fatality. That's a good day.

Like, it's just, I can't imagine that. And so there's this, well, does it have to be 10 times better? I don't think that's good enough. Does it have to be a hundred times better? Maybe that's not good enough. So like from a societal standpoint, of course, if it's a hundred times better, We should go forward with it, but that would mean there are 400 fatalities a year, one every single day.

Like, it's just, I can't imagine that. And so there's this, well, does it have to be 10 times better? I don't think that's good enough. Does it have to be a hundred times better? Maybe that's not good enough. So like from a societal standpoint, of course, if it's a hundred times better, We should go forward with it, but that would mean there are 400 fatalities a year, one every single day.

And I don't know how society would deal with that. Society is very, I don't want to call it forgiving, but they understand humans are human and humans make mistakes.

And I don't know how society would deal with that. Society is very, I don't want to call it forgiving, but they understand humans are human and humans make mistakes.

Listen, we had this unbelievably unfortunate circumstance in Phoenix, and it caused us to completely redesign how we built for safety first, etc. Ultimately, because of the pandemic, we decided to get out of self-driving, which I think it was a good decision because our core skill set is building this demand network, connecting demand to supply in a dynamic way, etc.,

Listen, we had this unbelievably unfortunate circumstance in Phoenix, and it caused us to completely redesign how we built for safety first, etc. Ultimately, because of the pandemic, we decided to get out of self-driving, which I think it was a good decision because our core skill set is building this demand network, connecting demand to supply in a dynamic way, etc.,

And we now get to work with a bunch of partners and like Waymo's a partner, Aurora's a partner, et cetera. So we get to work with a much larger ecosystem. But I think the question of that last 2%, And then what is society ready, you know, what safety will society underwrite to? Those two questions, you know, are for me unanswerable.

And we now get to work with a bunch of partners and like Waymo's a partner, Aurora's a partner, et cetera. So we get to work with a much larger ecosystem. But I think the question of that last 2%, And then what is society ready, you know, what safety will society underwrite to? Those two questions, you know, are for me unanswerable.