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If you can do 95%, that might be good enough. Obviously if you could automate the entirety of the process, that would be ideal, but consumers may simply change
by peder 5y ago
If you can do 95%, that might be good enough. Obviously if you could automate the entirety of the process, that would be ideal, but consumers may simply change their behavior to accommodate the 5% difference. Uber/Lyft already changed consumer behavior in a marked way: they allowed more people to move closer to the city, not pay for a car, not pay for a parking spot, etc. In Seattle before the pandemic, it was common for young professionals that didn't own a car to take Uber/Lyft most days. They did this so frequently that yuppies were blamed for the increased traffic, even though many of them were served by Seattle's great mass transit options.
The cost, simplicity, and availability of self-driving cars will undoubtedly change the consumer.
- lelanthran 5y ago> If you can do 95%, that might be good enough. Self-driving cars have been at 95% since the 90's. They've been at 98% since 2012. Humans are higher than 5 nines. It turns out that human drivers, even poor ones, have a much better driving record than self-driving cars. With this latest Waymo experiment we may finally see some significant progress.