David GerardMar 7
i am disconcerted by how many techies who saw through crypto *immediately* have fallen for AI krokodil
Show threadkatrinaMar 8
@davidgerard
With "AI", there is the perception that it sort-of works at the moment and they just need to fix a few bugs and everything will be perfect. Trying to challenge that argument is what I find most difficult.
Show threadDavid GerardMar 8
@katrinatransfem my usual answer is "you've been saying 'next model bro' for three years"
Show threadMichelle BaconMar 8
@davidgerard @katrinatransfem It's just like the "self-driving cars are X months away" pushers who won't admit they were wrong. The reality that not all tech is viable seems to escape them.
Show threadVesipeto VetehinenMar 8
@michellebacon @katrinatransfem @davidgerard After many years of unwarranted optimism it does look like self-driving cars are now scaling up quite fast though. Waymo's already in business in 10 US cities with more TBA this year and China has theirs too.
Show threadDavid GerardMar 8
@vetehinen @katrinatransfem @michellebacon "'"'"self-driving"'"'"
Show threadRAKMar 9
@davidgerard @vetehinen @katrinatransfem @michellebacon: Also, considering the terribleness of these even with human intervention, this is a failure of regulation more than a triumph of technology.
Show threadDavid GerardMar 9
@raktheundead @vetehinen @katrinatransfem @michellebacon we've replace one driver with 1.8 drivers, a stupendous success in automation
Show threadVesipeto Vetehinen
@davidgerard @raktheundead @katrinatransfem @michellebacon What are you referring to with that number? I believe they said in the congressional hearing that they have about 70 remote operators on duty at a time. Those are operating 1000+ vehicles simultaneously on the road.

There's still many other things that need to be done when operating a taxi fleet that Waymo doesn't automate and need additional employees for currently of course. Charging is one thing that they eventually probably will just like the Chinese Apollo Go has already done, they have charging stations that automate swapping the robotaxi battery to a fully charged one.
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