Oh, I see that /this/ Scotsman isn't true, either! Waymo absolutely uses simulated multi-agent environments to improve their cars reliability; here's an exampl

Oh, I see that /this/ Scotsman isn't true, either! Waymo absolutely uses simulated multi-agent environments to improve their cars reliability; here's an example research artifact: https://waymo.com/research/waymax/ https://waymo.com/research/waymax/ I think you're deluding yourself about the progress in this area. There's an enormous amount of specialized work in bringing results from research to market. WayMo does that work, but it simply isn't worth doing for things like robot football or simple object manipulation. So you're simply not going to see a 1:1 alignment of 'pure' research teams and applications teams. That doesn't mean that the research work hasn't led to improvements in applications, though.