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Pretty obvious attempt by uber to demonstrate their self-driving abilities to a national audience skeptical of their progress after having been ousted stealing
by petraeus 9y ago
Pretty obvious attempt by uber to demonstrate their self-driving abilities to a national audience skeptical of their progress after having been ousted stealing technology secrets from waymo.
In short its propaganda, I have no doubts waymo is light years ahead of the current efforts of uber. Uber is trying to change the public perception in their favor.
- sillysaurus3 9y agoPropaganda is information that isn't objective and is used primarily to influence an audience. Unless you're arguing that all techie blog posts are propaganda, it's hard to understand how this qualifies. Imagine this was a Show HN by someone else. It would get a lot of praise. So why does that praise turn sour just because it's Uber?
- inverse_pi 9y agoCompetition is good. I would be really worried if Waymo is the only one demonstrating their visualization capabilities. It also encourages more showcase of technologies which is generally good for the public. SDC has been too secretive of an arm race. You can take sides all you want but I think this move of Uber is one that is beneficial to everyone.
- AJ007 9y agoWe need a lot more technical articles here and a whole lot less political ones.