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Reread the comment: Shazeer was the one shitposting about politics, not Jeff Dean. Dean called him out over it.

Depends where you live. In SF, parking alone is more than $300/mo if you have to pay for a spot. Also, many companies subsidize Waymo rides for employees as part of their commuter …

You can probably infer the average number of active cars from trips and utilization metrics, which are out there (at least for California I believe they report this). E.g. 450,000 …

Alphabet is only giving up around a 3% stake. They continue to own most of it, and mostly bet their own money.

I think some of the external investors have board seats, so the outside people do get a (small) say in things. And to your point, that's probably also a good thing for avoiding ano…

"Yes it is that bad" - every woman I've ever talked to.

Building out depot and charging infrastructure and working with city officials are both slow processes, so I imagine you'll see them prioritize spreading out to a lot of cities fir…

> There is no road in SF that is as hard to navigate as the average suburban London two-way traffic single car width road with parking on both sides. I think you just described the…

> People say yes it drives, but it drives like a rookie I think you just made this up. Almost every anecdote I've heard, and I spend a lot of time in two cities where it's launched…

European cities have lots of taxis. Same with Asian cities. They will obviously have AVs in the future. I'm not sure why you think they should be mutually exclusive with transit.

It's a "joke" (I wouldn't call it that, but it's a vastly different product) because you have to pay attention to the road at all times. You don't live in a Waymo city, so I unders…

They're operating a Robotaxi service, not a robotaxi service. If I create a shuttle bus service for my neighborhood and call it the "Space Shuttle", I am not operating a space shut…

I think the plan is that other entities will own and maintain the cars. That's why they're working with partners like Uber and Avis.

How much money they've spent in the past is irrelevant. That money all came from investors, in exchange for a stake in the company. It never needs to be "paid back". Besides which,…

I have a slightly different take than others on this: I think the main contributor is the fact Toronto's financial district is extremely dense compared to most if not all European …

Well, no, almost everything you said simply isn't true. Immigrants create jobs. They create homes. They make healthcare more available. Why? Because they work productively, they ea…

Sorry, but corporations are not people despite what some people will tell you. They would definitely NOT survive in any recognizable form with "only a few billion dollars", because…

Maybe he knows something.

This also lets all of his co-investors in X, who were likely pissed that their shares tanked, exchange their shares at an inflated value (but one that still sees them losing 25% of…

A Waymo employee replied to the Twitter thread and said the post's interpretation is incorrect.

One of the big flaws in Karpathy's logic is that it implies human vision is acceptable and sufficient for an AV. The reality, as Cruise found out, seems to be that society will dem…

They drive in downtown SF, downtown LA and soon Tokyo. I've been to all these cities and besides occasional snow, I don't see what's so special about NYC. Shibuya Crossing is even …

Those points will help, but they aren't sufficient. Sometimes it's necessary to have an instant reaction time and do more than just slam the brakes, like this one: https://www.redd…

These videos are from three and six years ago, lol.

People sure are reading a lot into my comment that I feel "more vulnerable" on the sidewalk than in a Waymo. That doesn't mean I think walking is dangerous. (It can definitely be u…