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It sure looks like they’ve solved it.

by dyauspitr 2y ago

nobunaga 2y ago
They have and Tesla Fanboys cant accept it.
- amelius 2y ago
  Waymo uses different sensors.
  - nobunaga 2y ago
    Yes I am aware. Whats your point? Waymo is actually doing fully autonomous miles, what are Tesla's doing? An intervention every 13 miles on avg. But Elon says they will be deploying fully autonomous Tesla's in 2025. Yeah ok. Ill be waiting.
  - melling 2y ago
    Elon said a camera is all you need. Waymo decided to solve the problem using whatever they deemed necessary.
    - mewpmewp2 2y ago
      Still it's good to have multiple approaches going on at once.
      - nobunaga 2y ago
        Except one is bound to fail considering the solutions required for the problem at hand. Its obvious which one that is.
    - dmix 2y ago
      > Waymo decided to solve the problem using whatever they deemed necessary. Solving the technical side is only half the problem, otherwise we'd all be flying in Concorde jets. I'm curious to see if Waymo can scale up to mass production of their sensor suite and maintain them economically, where it makes sense as a business. There may be a big business in LIDAR factories and repairmen soon.
      - melling 2y ago
        The Concorde is not permitted to fly supersonic over land because of the sonic boom. That means very limited routes. That is a technical problem. Hopefully, NASA solves the technical problem and commercial supersonic flight returns https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/taming-the-boom/ https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/taming...
        dmix 2y ago
        That was mostly a social/policy problem which destroys the economics of it because you're limited to a very small amount of airports. Waymo is currently limited to a small amount of towns for a mix of economic, policy, and social reasons. Probably in that order. Just being sufficiently better than human drivers was never the entire barrier to entry for this to be a real business for Google, at least one that becomes nation-wide or global.
        melling 2y ago
        How about making a prediction and we will follow up in 5 years. To me it sounds like you’re just being sort of vague. Yes, absolutely everyone knew there were social issues too. Where will self driving be in 5 or 10 years?
        dmix 2y ago
        Predicting it on a macro level is a boring question IMO, the influence of policy interference and social outrage every time there's an accident - which is never fully connected to the realities on the ground of true capabilities/potential - is basically a black box. Like betting on elections. My interest atm is mostly the economics question of whether LIDAR will scale widely in near term combined with the social risks (ie, millions of cars with $30-50k in sensors, which atm cost as much as the car itself, so basically only e-taxis, no personal ownership + high cost of maintenance) vs cameras being good-enough... that's a far more interesting question. It's pretty obvious LIDAR/ultrasonic or a combination with cameras is superior. So maybe some ambitious person will find some mass-producible middle ground within <5yrs shrug
    - ryandvm 2y ago
      > Elon said a camera is all you need. This was when I really started to doubt that guy's genius. That was a phenomenally stupid assertion. I can drive with 2 eyes because I have a bunch of other sensors as well as an entire world model in my head with 30 years of driving experience. Is it Halloween tonight? Better drive extra slowly. Did that white semi with the bright background sky just disappear? Probably not. Is that deer going to bolt in front of the car coming the other way? Maybe. Is the road slick because it recently rained here? etc.
      - minwcnt5 2y ago
        "640k ought to be enough for anybody" vibes.
metadat 2y ago
Though to be fair, in my area Waymo charges 2x the price of Uber and Lyft for the same service. Still pretty cool.
- dyauspitr 2y ago
  That’s not true, having taken quite a few I would say they are about 5-10% higher. I also don’t have to tip a Waymo.
- rdoherty 2y ago
  I've ridden a few times and their prices seem close to Lyft. I would happily pay a premium for the service they are providing right now. New, clean cars that drive very smoothly and lower rates of accidents than an 'average' driver. No weird smells, distracted drivers, inexperienced drivers, etc. I think in a few more years with the amount of training their AI will have Waymo will be a truly incredible taxi service. It can only get better!
  - dmix 2y ago
    > New, clean cars that drive very smoothly.. No weird smells. One concern I had is that once self-driving cars are widespread people might take advantage and treat them poorly with no human driver watching. Where a human would likely notice and deal with weird smells or things added by the past customer. Waymo-type service probably rely on reporting by passengers once the car already arrives, no? (I've never driven in one) People might be treating them nice today because Waymo is a fancy new service in Jaguars that people treat as a novelty. Once those e-taxi services are under aggressive economic demands I'm curious to see how it plays out.
    - xnx 2y ago
      Waymo's have interior cameras on their vehicles. Any rider that leaves mess will get a strike and probably be banned for repeated infractions. You're right, some problems will only be noticed by the next rider.
dmix 2y ago
Tech-wise it seems that way.
lopkeny12ko 2y ago
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It sure looks like they’ve solved it.

nobunaga 2y ago

They have and Tesla Fanboys cant accept it.

amelius 2y ago
Waymo uses different sensors.
- nobunaga 2y ago
  Yes I am aware. Whats your point? Waymo is actually doing fully autonomous miles, what are Tesla's doing? An intervention every 13 miles on avg. But Elon says they will be deploying fully autonomous Tesla's in 2025. Yeah ok. Ill be waiting.
- melling 2y ago
  Elon said a camera is all you need. Waymo decided to solve the problem using whatever they deemed necessary.
  - mewpmewp2 2y ago
    Still it's good to have multiple approaches going on at once.
    - nobunaga 2y ago
      Except one is bound to fail considering the solutions required for the problem at hand. Its obvious which one that is.
  - dmix 2y ago
    > Waymo decided to solve the problem using whatever they deemed necessary. Solving the technical side is only half the problem, otherwise we'd all be flying in Concorde jets. I'm curious to see if Waymo can scale up to mass production of their sensor suite and maintain them economically, where it makes sense as a business. There may be a big business in LIDAR factories and repairmen soon.
    - melling 2y ago
      The Concorde is not permitted to fly supersonic over land because of the sonic boom. That means very limited routes. That is a technical problem. Hopefully, NASA solves the technical problem and commercial supersonic flight returns https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/taming-the-boom/ https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/taming...
      - dmix 2y ago
        That was mostly a social/policy problem which destroys the economics of it because you're limited to a very small amount of airports. Waymo is currently limited to a small amount of towns for a mix of economic, policy, and social reasons. Probably in that order. Just being sufficiently better than human drivers was never the entire barrier to entry for this to be a real business for Google, at least one that becomes nation-wide or global.
        melling 2y ago
        How about making a prediction and we will follow up in 5 years. To me it sounds like you’re just being sort of vague. Yes, absolutely everyone knew there were social issues too. Where will self driving be in 5 or 10 years?
        dmix 2y ago
        Predicting it on a macro level is a boring question IMO, the influence of policy interference and social outrage every time there's an accident - which is never fully connected to the realities on the ground of true capabilities/potential - is basically a black box. Like betting on elections. My interest atm is mostly the economics question of whether LIDAR will scale widely in near term combined with the social risks (ie, millions of cars with $30-50k in sensors, which atm cost as much as the car itself, so basically only e-taxis, no personal ownership + high cost of maintenance) vs cameras being good-enough... that's a far more interesting question. It's pretty obvious LIDAR/ultrasonic or a combination with cameras is superior. So maybe some ambitious person will find some mass-producible middle ground within <5yrs shrug
  - ryandvm 2y ago
    > Elon said a camera is all you need. This was when I really started to doubt that guy's genius. That was a phenomenally stupid assertion. I can drive with 2 eyes because I have a bunch of other sensors as well as an entire world model in my head with 30 years of driving experience. Is it Halloween tonight? Better drive extra slowly. Did that white semi with the bright background sky just disappear? Probably not. Is that deer going to bolt in front of the car coming the other way? Maybe. Is the road slick because it recently rained here? etc.
    - minwcnt5 2y ago
      "640k ought to be enough for anybody" vibes.

metadat 2y ago

Though to be fair, in my area Waymo charges 2x the price of Uber and Lyft for the same service. Still pretty cool.

dyauspitr 2y ago
That’s not true, having taken quite a few I would say they are about 5-10% higher. I also don’t have to tip a Waymo.
rdoherty 2y ago
I've ridden a few times and their prices seem close to Lyft. I would happily pay a premium for the service they are providing right now. New, clean cars that drive very smoothly and lower rates of accidents than an 'average' driver. No weird smells, distracted drivers, inexperienced drivers, etc. I think in a few more years with the amount of training their AI will have Waymo will be a truly incredible taxi service. It can only get better!
- dmix 2y ago
  > New, clean cars that drive very smoothly.. No weird smells. One concern I had is that once self-driving cars are widespread people might take advantage and treat them poorly with no human driver watching. Where a human would likely notice and deal with weird smells or things added by the past customer. Waymo-type service probably rely on reporting by passengers once the car already arrives, no? (I've never driven in one) People might be treating them nice today because Waymo is a fancy new service in Jaguars that people treat as a novelty. Once those e-taxi services are under aggressive economic demands I'm curious to see how it plays out.
  - xnx 2y ago
    Waymo's have interior cameras on their vehicles. Any rider that leaves mess will get a strike and probably be banned for repeated infractions. You're right, some problems will only be noticed by the next rider.

dmix 2y ago

Tech-wise it seems that way.

lopkeny12ko 2y ago

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