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I talked to a guy who did his doctoral degree on quantum computing and he was not worried at all. In fact he thought it was wildly overhyped, and like cold fusi
by toxik 5mo ago
I talked to a guy who did his doctoral degree on quantum computing and he was not worried at all. In fact he thought it was wildly overhyped, and like cold fusion, self driving cars, or string theory, always just around the corner. Just give us five more years and another grant, please.
- red75prime 5mo agoMeanwhile Waymo has 200 million autonomous miles under its belt.
- deepsun 5mo agoWaymo had millions in 2015.
- red75prime 5mo agoWaymo doesn't seem to know it. https://waymo.com/research/safety-performance-of-the-waymo-rider-only-automat/ https://waymo.com/research/safety-performance-of-the-waymo-r... > Waymo’s rider-only ride-hailing operations reached its first one million rider-only miles on January 21, 2023
- vidarh 5mo agoThe key distinction being "rider-only".
- red75prime 5mo agoIf we are counting supervised miles, then Tesla is in the lead with around 8 billion miles.
- deepsun 5mo ago"Autonomous" (with safety driver) and "rider-only" are different things.
- bwesterb 5mo agoScott used to be that guy.
- codethief 5mo agoN=1 sample size. I talked to another guy with the same degree in the same field and he was concerned.