Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders

Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by yumraj on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:22PM (#14195022)

> Is Waymo clear about what the end goal is?

IMHO, it may be a little short sighted to look at Waymo and self-driving cars by itself, I believe it fits into the broader DL-AI initiatives within Alphabet as yet another DL-AI application. Whether it becomes an end in itself or simply feeds into other DL-AI initiatives is most likely still undefined.

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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by zeven7 on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @05:42PM (#14198350)

I think it's safe to assume that, while self-driving tech will have broad-reaching DL-AI applications for Alphabet, there is a plan to directly sell the self-driving tech somehow. Otherwise why create the brand Waymo? If it was simply left as experimental Alphabet/Google research I think you would have a stronger point.

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