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Waymo cannot handle poor weather at all, average human can. Being able to perform better than humans in specific constrained problem space is how every automat
by manquer 2y ago
Waymo cannot handle poor weather at all, average human can.
Being able to perform better than humans in specific constrained problem space is how every automation system has been developed.
While self driving systems are impressive, they don’t drive with anywhere close to skills of the average driver
- tim333 2y agoWaymo blog with video of them driving in poor weather https://waymo.com/blog/2019/08/waymo-and-weather https://waymo.com/blog/2019/08/waymo-and-weather
- manquer 2y agoAnd nikola famously made a video of a truck using one which had no engine, we don’t take a company word for anything until we can verify. This is not offered to public, they are actively expanding in only cities like LA , Miami or Phoenix now where weather is good through the year. The tech for bad weather is nowhere close to ready for public. Average human on other hand is driving in bad weather every day
- tim333 2y ago"Extreme Weather" tech "will be available to riders in the near future" https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/waymos-latest-robotaxi-is-here-ready-to-tackle-extreme-weather/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/waymos-latest-robotaxi-is...
- daveguy 2y agoI'm sure the source of that CNET article came with a forward looking statements disclaimer.