Re:On Self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays...
by wpietri on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:51AM
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Have they announce any numbers like that? The only thing I can recall hearing was having 72 operators for 50 vehicles, but that was back at initial launch.
If I were in their shoes, especially given the Cruise debacle, I'd have continuous remote human monitoring of every vehicle. They're already burning billions on this; if having one minimum-wage worker per vehicle just hovering over a big red stop button prevents a gruesome accident and a multi-month pause, it'd be money well spent.
Re:On Self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays...
by kbos87 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:42AM
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I don't have any experience with Waymo taxis yet, but I have no doubt that a 10 person team could reliably handle 100+ Teslas today.
Re:On Self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays...
by Retric on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:49AM
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That’s why people many people think Tesla is behind on the path of self driving. It’s good enough when someone sitting in the drivers seat and paying attention, but that’s a long way from self driving.
Re:On Self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays...
by tsimionescu on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:17PM
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How could someone pay continuous attention to 10 different cars, ready to intervene in less than a second at any time for any of them? Because that is the standard that is required to drive a Tesla "FSD" vehicle.
Remote control like this requires cars to safely deal with hazards on their own. But, it doesn’t require software to be able to solve every problem.