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Re:The 5th-generation Waymo Driver by wefarrell on Thursday March 05, 2020 @08:42AM (#22493405)
Humans are a pretty poor baseline.

A fully autonomous driving system that was only as good as a human would not gain much traction and the company would be on the hook for some serious legal damages if it became popular.

Re:The 5th-generation Waymo Driver by nwsm on Thursday March 05, 2020 @09:04AM (#22493541)
You make it sound like professional drivers are currently personally liable when they cause accidents. Is this true? (I have no idea)