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Ford's BlueCruise hands-free system under investigation after fatal crashes(techcrunch.com)
8 points by ra7 2y ago|0 comments
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Debugging Tech Journalism(asteriskmag.com)
79 points by ra7 2y ago|29 comments
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NHTSA Crash Analysis of Tesla Autopilot [pdf](static.nhtsa.gov)
2 points by ra7 2y ago|0 comments
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by ra7 2y ago
Indeed congested urban areas are their market. That's exactly why they are in two of the largest taxi markets (SF and LA) where it doesn't snow. I'm not sure about barriers to entry lowering soon. First off, this is an incred
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by ra7 2y ago
Then Tesla should take liability in those conditions, if they are confident.
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by ra7 2y ago
Technical capability with known operating conditions (that can expand over time) > technical capability with unknown operating conditions. Only one of them allows you to take liability.
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by ra7 2y ago
I think it’s a good first step, but it’s still limited in usability in its current iteration.
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by ra7 2y ago
> The difference between SAE Level 3 versus Level 2 is liability, not functionality. Conceptually, it would be relatively simple to create a Level 3 system that only worked in parking lots and never drove over 5 MPH. And yes, such a syst
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by ra7 2y ago
This is L3, so you don’t have to constantly supervise like you do a Tesla with FSD (L2). Mercedes even says you can watch movies or read books. They will achieve a minimum safety condition on their own, which for this system is stopping in
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by ra7 2y ago
It operates under such specific conditions, it’s not very useful right now. Unless you spend a large part of your commute on clogged California highways, there’s not a big use case. But Mercedes would be hoping to expand that operational de
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by ra7 2y ago
In addition to what others have said about pricing, you need to compare Waymo with Uber Black, not UberX or shared rides. Waymo says they are aiming to be a premium service because the cars (Jaguar I-pace) are much nicer and, of course, the
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by ra7 2y ago
Can confirm Tesla FSD is more stressful than driving yourself. I’ve been using it for a few weeks since they offered everyone free trial. Seems to be improved from the previous version, but still requires a ton of interventions every single
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by ra7 2y ago
Waymo is the only one actually scaling driverless taxis. They’ve gone from providing public rides in 1 city (Phoenix) to 3 cities (+SF, LA) with a 4th one (+Austin) coming soon. They’ve given more than a million rides, with the majority of
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by ra7 3y ago
A system with lidar would have definitely detected the obstacle and braked. For a lidar, which is an active sensor, it doesn't matter if it's daytime or complete darkness since it makes its own light. FSD is inferring distance of
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by ra7 3y ago
http://archive.today/Xjuur
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Waymo logged 1.4M ride hail miles and served 316k passengers in a quarter in SF(sfchronicle.com)
3 points by ra7 3y ago|1 comments
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Phoenix residents can now experience Uber Eats delivery with the Waymo Driver(waymo.com)
1 points by ra7 3y ago|1 comments
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by ra7 3y ago
I find the Autosleep app to be much more accurate than the Watch's native sleep tracking.
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Florida Passes Law Banning Social Media for Minors Under 14(wsj.com)
50 points by ra7 3y ago|37 comments
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by ra7 3y ago
They are not. SFO, owned by the city of SF and at the behest of city officials, have been notorious in blocking Waymo: https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/waymo-rebuffed-by-sfo-sf-gu...
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by ra7 3y ago
Having experienced Waymo’s driving, definitely.
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by ra7 3y ago
Just the safe driving alone is a big improvement. Every time I get into an Uber, I hope and pray the driver isn’t aggressive and erratic. You always know what you’re going to get with a Waymo. Plus, nice and clean Jaguar I-Pace vehicles. No
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by ra7 3y ago
Approval is effective immediately, but no idea when Waymo will deploy vehicles in those areas. Their fleet size is small (~700 cars).
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by ra7 3y ago
They’ve always had approval to go up to 65 mph, but it was Waymo’s decision not to go on the highways. They’re starting to do it [1] and do a lot of freeway testing, so it might happen sooner. [1] https://waymo.com/blog&#x2F
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by ra7 3y ago
New Waymo operating area: https://twitter.com/saferroadsorg/status/1763687210447196417
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California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf](cpuc.ca.gov)
348 points by ra7 3y ago|405 comments
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Are Video Generation Models World Simulators?(artificialcognition.net)
1 points by ra7 3y ago|0 comments
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by ra7 3y ago
If you read his full memo [1], it's the most Sundar Pichai response possible to a crisis. It's full of vague MBA speak ("red-teaming", really?) with the obligatory Google mission statement sprinkled in along with self co
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by ra7 3y ago
An Apple car wouldn't be attractive without autonomous driving. The real (and unsurprising) news here is that Apple has given up on autonomous driving. They are far, far behind Waymo and don't want to compete with them, just like
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by ra7 3y ago
Google seems to be perennially disinterested in selling products that require large scale physical operations. I'm surprised they're still in the Pixel phone game.

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