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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by fragmede on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @10:59PM (#40796005)
We have computers that can drive a car in city traffic and you're worried that we can't have a computer look at the inside of a car and tell me if someone's left a mess? A non-ML model background subtraction algorithm from the 2000's could tell you that.
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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by TremendousJudge on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @10:39AM (#40800645)
computers can't smell
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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by traverseda on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @11:07AM (#40800915)
VOC sensors are pretty good
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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by AuryGlenz on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @11:39AM (#40801270)
“Massive fart detected. Initializing ejector seat in 3, 2…”

I’m not sure how you could make that work. People that eat Indian food step in and it might get set off, so people will cry racism. You drive next to a particular industrial plant, etc..

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