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Yup, I very much liked the broader approach of solving the general problem, but this actually seems to be doing better. The general problem has insane amounts
by toss1 4y ago
Yup, I very much liked the broader approach of solving the general problem, but this actually seems to be doing better.
The general problem has insane amounts of edge cases, and is basically trying to do a pole-vault-height high jump; if you succeed, you own the world (or at least can automatically drive anywhere on it), but until then, you and your customers have lots of problems.
Meanwhile, the approach of map-everything-down-to-the-centimeter and keep it updating is making real practical progress. The question is whether it'll ever get out of cities? While storage is constantly getting cheaper, but is it feasible to map and update the maps sufficiently for a cross-country trip?
Still, there's an awful lot of city territory that can be covered with genuinely useful service.
- xnx 4y agoInteresting question. I'm guessing the information density of 100 miles of standard American interstate is less than that of 1 city block in Manhattan.
- eep_social 4y agoGoogle has a strong foundation for estimating this effort because they already do it at lower fidelity with streetview. I would assume they are considering these questions regularly as part of whatever long term planning goes into the rollout.
- boulos 4y ago> The question is whether it'll ever get out of cities? While storage is constantly getting cheaper, but is it feasible to map and update the maps sufficiently for a cross-country trip? That's certainly the intent with Waymo Via for trucking, and we drive multiple routes today including say Dallas <=> Houston for beer [1]. The video at [2] includes some footage of the trucks on a highway. [1] https://www.ttnews.com/articles/waymo-ch-robinson-driverless-trucks-haul-beer-houston-dallas https://www.ttnews.com/articles/waymo-ch-robinson-driverless... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lon1vRv2wQ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lon1vRv2wQ8
- toss1 4y agoVery cool - thx!