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Ashlee Vance is a general technology reporter, not some autonomous car expert. The article was pretty obviously arranged for by Zoox and meant for PR. I'm not a
by argonaut 8y ago
Ashlee Vance is a general technology reporter, not some autonomous car expert. The article was pretty obviously arranged for by Zoox and meant for PR. I'm not affirmatively saying they faked the demo, but it is still a demo for a journalist. They have every incentive to make it look good. So given that the journalist didn't go out and say outright that there were no interventions or human inputs, you really cannot just take the demo at its word.
- Fricken 8y agoYes, it's true. It's just a demo, Ashlee Vance isn't going to ride around in Zooxmobiles for months to see everything they can and can't do. Yes, it's PR. Ashlee Vance isn't going to get a ride in a Zooxmobile unless they give him permission to. And yes, it's true, Zoox has every incentive to make a working robotaxi, and it's a work in progress. I'm somewhat baffled by how much spite a tech news site like HN has for technology companies that are actually innovating and solving hard problems. Zoox didn't drop out the sky yesterday, they've been at this for years, you just haven't been paying attention.
- vasilipupkin 8y agoWhat are you talking about? He said "no one is driving" Now, maybe he is full of shit, but those words are pretty definitive.