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Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess it's sorta like how "architect" has become a verb.
According to [0], the use of architect as a verb goes back to at least 1818. 0) https://english.stackexchange.com/a/212273
Another way of looking at this: after the Phoenix accident, Uber realized that its own autonomous tech is woefully inadequate and years behind Waymo's, so now they're trying to play nice to not get left behind.
I think that everyone in this industry is also starting to realize that far from a quick race to be first, this is actually the start of a long slog. With the realization that full autonomy isn’t a few years, but at least a few decades away, collaboration rather than throat-slitting becomes a more sensible strategy.
'Autonomous' is an adjective.
Verbing and nouning weirds language.
'Autonomous' is an adjective.
The article is actually saying that Dara Khosrowshahi would like to talk to Alphabet about this matter, which is not surprising given how Uber's own project is going. There's no indication of enthusiasm for this on Alphabet's part, however.
Waymo has a partnership with Lyft that may or may not go anywhere. Waymo may decide that they don't need no stinking rideshare company to host their vehicles.
'Autonomous' is an adjective.
People - particularly businesspeople, and especially American businesspeople - like to noun and verb words. Verbing and nouning weirds language.
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25
Don't miss the comment pointing out the word "denominative:"
Another way of looking at this: after the Phoenix accident, Uber realized that its own autonomous tech is woefully inadequate and years behind Waymo's, so now they're trying to play nice to not get left behind.
I think that everyone in this industry is also starting to realize that far from a quick race to be first, this is actually the start of a long slog. With the realization that full autonomy isn’t a few years, but at least a few decades away, collaboration rather than throat-slitting becomes a more sensible strategy.
As we begin adopting automated driving, there comes a point where it's helpful to have the systems communicating intentions with each other; part of the issue with driving manually is the uncertainty over other drivers' intent. Using automation and letting drivers talk in this manner would likely reduce crashes down to manual driver fault and significant bugs or sensor errors as it's adopted more. This isn't what they're after at the moment, but encouraging collaboration in this space could make that an easier path moving forward.
Not to mention, a single accepted protocol with higher adoption could allow a single car to gain much more valuable data beyond what's in their immediate vicinity, but could tell them what's going on nearby and even real-time traffic data along the route.
As for now, imagine the years of experience each technology has being combined into one super-driver. I know it's not that simple - each company may be representing the data differently - but I don't expect that to be an issue that couldn't resolve itself. Couldn't this significantly push this tech forward? (Note: I don't have the answer, this is my suspicion. I'm hoping some discussion could highlight situations where this has had a bad result, if any).