Re:CEO of Waymo John Krafcik is leaving
by jedberg on Friday April 02, 2021 @02:54PM
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> Is there an example of anything that's completely automated that's dangerous?
Flying an airplane. They put pilots in there to make people comfortable, but if need be, a modern passenger plane can fly itself, including take off and landing.
Driving a subway. BART in San Francisco launched as self driving in the 60s. It freaked people out so much that they put a human in front. But if you sit up there you'll see the human doesn't do much. They press a button to close the doors, but that could easily be automated.
Also, I took a ride in a self driving car in SF a few years ago. It had a safety driver, but he didn't do anything (he grabbed the wheel once, but then they looked at the data and found the car was about to do the right thing anyway). It handled things like cars going the wrong way, double parked trucks, trash bags in the street, jaywalkers, etc.
Flying an airplane. They put pilots in there to make people comfortable, but if need be, a modern passenger plane can fly itself, including take off and landing.
Driving a subway. BART in San Francisco launched as self driving in the 60s. It freaked people out so much that they put a human in front. But if you sit up there you'll see the human doesn't do much. They press a button to close the doors, but that could easily be automated.
Also, I took a ride in a self driving car in SF a few years ago. It had a safety driver, but he didn't do anything (he grabbed the wheel once, but then they looked at the data and found the car was about to do the right thing anyway). It handled things like cars going the wrong way, double parked trucks, trash bags in the street, jaywalkers, etc.