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$440 Charge For A Wheel Scuff Raises Questions About Hertz's AI Rental Car Damage Scanner
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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2025
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If it takes a whole 60 seconds for this glorified camera-carwash contraption to scan a vehicle and generate a report, they are charging $11,400/hour.
Hertz, I will personally sit on a roller stool with a camera and make beep boop sounds for that dough. Take my resume.
Yeah but you are a person presumably, so there is accountability. The reason to use AI is to escape accountability