In this context it is fairly clear what “AI” is referring to and it’s not used in the marketing sense. Also note that the AV system used by waymo is not only ne

In this context it is fairly clear what “AI” is referring to and it’s not used in the marketing sense. Also note that the AV system used by waymo is not only neural network based. There are many components that work together to create autonomy. In this context “AI” refers to the entirety of the autonomy stack. It has limitations but there is no evidence of there being a better alternative. Automating the route planning process is easier than behavior planning, path planning or perception.