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Uber sent a woman to the grave. Don't know if that counts for you.

• gwern 8y ago
  No, it doesn't, because their program sucked from the start, worse than most, and even if they were the best self-driving car program, Uber's has only been around for a few years and so is not a valid counterexample to the claim '7 years won't make a difference'. It sure does seem to've for Waymo.
  • gsich 8y ago
    The same person (Levandowski) worked at Uber. So all his knowledge went to Uber too, obviously. They didn't start at point zero.
    • eiieirurjdndjd 8y ago
      Ah yeah just so you know there is a lot more to building a self driving car system than the general knowledge held in the head of the lead engineer. It is unlikely that he would have known even a tenth of the systems involved in the waymo program at a level of detail required to quickly replicate them.
    • r00fus 8y ago
      All I get from this is that Levandowski and his actions are dangerous for humans.
    • gwern 8y ago
      You mean the person who was fired almost as soon as he got there and which the trial showed had near-zero contribution?