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Am I the only one to read like an acknowledgement that Waymo didn’t achieve what it was supposed to do and he was asked to go for lack of performance?
by bertil 6y ago
Am I the only one to read like an acknowledgement that Waymo didn’t achieve what it was supposed to do and he was asked to go for lack of performance?
- andrewcl 6y agoThe CEO lists several accomplishments in the press brief. It doesn't appear to say that he's being let go specifically for performance concerns.
- Judgmentality 6y agoI read it as a state of self-driving cars in general. The technology isn't developing as fast as people had hoped. Waymo is still in the lead, even if this guy failed to deliver (he announced Waymo would be a public service for 2018, and that obviously didn't happen).
- bumby 6y ago>The technology isn't developing as fast as people had hoped. I can’t help but think people conflated what the problem statement of self driving really is. We’ve made huge strides in perception in the last two decades but self-driving is a much more complex problem than just accurately perceiving the world sound us.
- solutron 6y agoDefinitely google some Tesla FSD beta videos and watch them. Waymo doubled down on a technology set and data methodology that is not scalable. Tesla is going to win in this space 100%
- SilasX 6y agoNo, he wants to spend more time with friends and family and travel the world.
- pasttense01 6y agoMaybe. But a lot of us are cynical when we hear this kind of language from departing CEOs.
- Judgmentality 6y agoI'm pretty sure the person you were responding to was being sarcastic. Then again it's the internet, so who knows?
- solutron 6y agoThat's exactly how I read it. It's a huge red flag.