not_IOfully autonomous
nucleativeI can see why it’s a spicy headline but we should appreciate a human override capability.
Hopefully waymo is forced into transparency about this. Transparency 100% fully clear on when the tech runs into a variety of situations including humans intervening.
That should be a mandatory for them to have the licensing necessary to operate autonomous vehicles anywhere in public spaces.
After all, they are learning on the public’s dime and at the public’s risk. We have to know if it’s truly better and what kind of new risks are created that weren’t otherwise anticipated.
titanicxThey are transparent about it. W use here has ridden in them and they have signs in the car that day this and they’re is a button to request it if the car is stuck someplace.
They are transparent about it.
If they were, this would not be news at all… Waymo has been around for YEARS. Instead they have kept details like these hidden and further obfuscate it by calling their tech “fully autonomous driving”… just like IPS with their “unlimited” plans that are not really unlimited.
I have never been in a Waymo vehicle
This entire page devoted to explain how the tech works, does not even hint at the existence of humans in the process:
And they don’t acknowledge it in their faq
If you have a human watching the driving closely enough to override it… why not just have them do the driving?
Too much lag, on top of human reaction time. They’re just stepping in when the car is stopped, telling it where to go, and dropping out again. They’re not doing actual direct control.