Personally I don't understand the hate. There are a lot of frustrations in this city, but they really aren't one of them. They all seem to drive perfectly and predictably, by my observation. I understand that there will be issues like this, but none of them are realistically safety issues.
I look forward to a day where driverless taxis become cheap enough (due to lack of having to pay someone, and supply and demand) that more people can choose to be carless. I still need a car because I need to get my kid to school outside the city. But now that she doesn't need a booster seat, and now that Cruise vehicles seem ok with having a medium sized dog in them (kind of a problem previously if I want to take my dog across town to a park), I'm almost at the point I could get rid of my car and use public transportation as well as robotaxis when needed. So much space in the city is taken up by parked cars, and this should free up a lot.
At the very least I think having robotaxis will allow a lot of two car families to only have one car.
I understand the concerns about lost jobs but what do you want to do, bring back switchboard operators and elevator operators? If a machine can do the job, I just don't think that's a good use of a human.