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0 pointsanchpop5y ago0 comments

A robotaxi without a human driver! For some reason Waymo seems way ahead of everyone else in self-driving

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ra75y ago

As an outsider, the reason why Waymo is way ahead is clear. Extremely talented team, access to Google infrastructure and expertise, deep pockets and a culture of prioritizing safety over everything.

solarkraft5y ago

Maybe they are, but their service is super constrained and retains human supervision - just remote controlled.

aetherson5y ago

The actual thing that self driving cars get you is "not paying for a taxi driver."

If one remote operator can supervise 10 mostly autonomous vehicles, you've gotten 90% of the economic value of full autonomy.

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ra75y ago

They can't be remote controlled i.e. remote operators can't steer the car. They can only "answer questions" apparently.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/e8bfse/way...

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ra75y ago

As an outsider, the reason why Waymo is way ahead is clear. Extremely talented team, access to Google infrastructure and expertise, deep pockets and a culture of prioritizing safety over everything.

solarkraft5y ago

Maybe they are, but their service is super constrained and retains human supervision - just remote controlled.

aetherson5y ago

The actual thing that self driving cars get you is "not paying for a taxi driver."

If one remote operator can supervise 10 mostly autonomous vehicles, you've gotten 90% of the economic value of full autonomy.

1 more reply

ra75y ago

They can't be remote controlled i.e. remote operators can't steer the car. They can only "answer questions" apparently.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/e8bfse/way...

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