• essteeyou@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I was in a self-driving taxi yesterday. It didn’t need to bump into things to figure out where it was.

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      Fair, I thought they all got recalled but I guess they’re back. but I’d also counter that Waymo is extremely limited about where it can operate - roughly 10 miles max - which, relevant to my original point was entirely hand-mapped and calibrated by human operators, and the rides are monitored and directed by a control center responding in real-time to the car’s feedback.

      Like my printing press example - it still takes a large human team to operate the “self” - driving car.