People across the Bay Area woke up Wednesday morning to the same email I did from one of our hometown ride-hailing services. It told us that self-driving Ubers would start picking up passengers in San Francisco as part of a pilot program.
"Self-driving cars have been picking up and dropping off riders on the streets of Pittsburgh for the last 3 months, and now we're excited to bring them to our hometown," the email read.

One might expect that San Francisco Uber drivers -- who have often had a contentious relationship with their corporate bosses -- wouldn't be all that excited about the move that many see as a first step that will eventually lead to Uber drivers being put out of their jobs (and that the California Department of Motor Vehicles has said "must cease" until Uber gets the proper permit).
But at least three Uber drivers giving rides around the Mission and South of Market on Wednesday morning didn't seem too worried about their potential obsolescence.
Jason Bow has been driving part time for Uber for the past two years. He's taking a "what will be, will be" approach to the driverless car situation.