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Re:Waymo and Daimler Trucks partner on the development of fu... by Jyaif on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:40PM (#24909816)
> an area with lots of sun, little precipitation, lots of relatively new, big, and straight roads, no real wildlife that might jump out into the road, and that is notoriously hostile to pedestrians.

You just described a quarter of the US.

Re:Waymo and Daimler Trucks partner on the development of fu... by slg on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:49PM (#24909937)
And probably only 10% of the population. But either way, I'm not sure your point. It appears no one has anything close to true self driving. Different companies are attacking the complexities of the problem in difference ways. For example, Tesla is limiting its system by situation while Waymo is limiting it by environment. Neither has been proven safe for the full spectrum of driving and we all know that the biggest problems for self driving are going to be solving those outlier scenarios.
Re:Waymo and Daimler Trucks partner on the development of fu... by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @03:56PM (#24911139)
I agree with you mostly, except your definition of self driving. Full self driving limited to the Phoenix metro area counts to me as full self driving. That doesn’t meant squat towards full self driving in different conditions, but if you’re a Phoenix resident, who cares?

If it works for the full spectrum of usage for normal people, I’ll count it, even if it’s not all normal people everywhere. If we get something that works everywhere in the US, but not the crowded streets in India, you’d count it, right?

Re:Waymo and Daimler Trucks partner on the development of fu... by slg on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @04:29PM (#24911501)
Sure, you are fine to take this conversation purely from the reference point of a resident of Phoenix. I can't argue against your definition with that very limited context. I simply think that is a narrow enough viewpoint to not be particularly useful in a larger conversation about self driving vehicles.