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Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”

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Re: Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”

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Post by nightcracker »

breakfastduck wrote: post #6
granzymes wrote: post #3

drivers came to trust it way too quickly. Drivers who were supposed to be closely monitoring the system instead spent their time looking at their phones, putting on makeup, and other distractions. Really hope no one dies because of Tesla's autopilot. This is a real risk. Quoting from below: if the car does it right 99% of the time it's just human nature to stop paying attention. The article makes a great point that s…

It's bound to happen, but also likely to be the result of the driver not paying attention.

Can you pay attention to a video game for two hours, and during that time react to some important event within 1 second reaction time? I bet you can.

Can you do the same when staring at a wall for two hours?

Re: Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”

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Post by vletal »

Ericson2314 wrote: post #5

This is really about two different strategies for dealing with cultural and regulator norms more than two different engineering strategies.

They did pick different sensors and approach to world mapping in the first place. How is it just a cultural and regulator thing?

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Post by philosopher1234 »

Ericson2314 wrote: post #5

This is really about two different strategies for dealing with cultural and regulator norms more than two different engineering strategies.

This seems like agile vs waterfall to me, which are two very different engineering strategies.

Re: Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”

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Post by majewsky »

jcfrei wrote: post #12

I have a feeling that AGI is a requirement for FSD. There are enough tail events while driving where you can only make "the right decision" if you actually understand what's going on.

> There are enough tail events while driving where you can only make "the right decision" if you actually understand what's going on.

I have the feeling this bar disqualifies most human drivers, too.

Re: Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”

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Post by cwhiz »

granzymes wrote: post #3

drivers came to trust it way too quickly. Drivers who were supposed to be closely monitoring the system instead spent their time looking at their phones, putting on makeup, and other distractions. Really hope no one dies because of Tesla's autopilot. This is a real risk. Quoting from below: if the car does it right 99% of the time it's just human nature to stop paying attention. The article makes a great point that s…

People will die. It will also save lives. It’s probably already prevented thousands of accidents, some of which would have been fatal. It just doesn’t make national news when your car moves you out of the way of danger.
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