not_IOfully autonomous
carpelbridgesyndromeGuys in the Philippines aren’t live driving those cars live. Ping between SF and Manila is ~200ms or about a 5th of a second which on top of human reaction time would not be adiquate. This is about getting cars unstuck when they get stuck between an obstruction and violating traffic law.
You do realize that means they are live driving the car, maybe not 100% of the time, but waymo is having unlicensed drivers operating vehicles on US roads.
Additionally, this means they have people in another country taking over the cars when things failed and are potentially in a dangerous situation (where the ping might be a bigger issue).
Overall, we get big corporations able to skirt laws and pay people less money.