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Re:Waymo to begin testing on San Francisco freeways this week by cameldrv on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:06AM (#41232430)
Yeah. Have you seen Waymo? Even with 12.5, you have to keep your eyes on the road, and at least once or twice a week, it’s going to do something that would likely cause an accident. If it does, Tesla will blame you for not paying attention.

In a Waymo, you sit in the back seat and scroll your phone and it gets you safely to your destination every time. These are not even remotely comparable products.

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Re:Waymo to begin testing on San Francisco freeways this week by aantix on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @11:50AM (#41236608)
They're not remotely comparable problem sets.

Tesla's generalized driving algorithm vs Waymo's cherry-picked routes and ideal weather.

Tesla is winning. And the gap is getting wider.

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Re:Waymo to begin testing on San Francisco freeways this week by fsociety on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:44PM (#41237618)
I would bet more in a company who figured out the last 20% in a specific city than a company stuck on the first 80% generally.
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Re:Waymo to begin testing on San Francisco freeways this week by acchow on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @02:14PM (#41237908)
Waymo works perfectly fine in the rain. No driver.
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Re:Waymo to begin testing on San Francisco freeways this week by SR2Z on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:03PM (#41239837)
Waymo does not have cherry picked routes - it has a defined ODD inside which is ANY route can be driven fully unsupervised.

This necessarily involves some kind of generalized driving algorithm but more usefully, it gives you a clear goal and distribution to measure against.

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Re:Waymo to begin testing on San Francisco freeways this week by aantix on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:29PM (#41247925)
The defined ODD is essentially cherry-picking the routes.
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Re:Waymo to begin testing on San Francisco freeways this week by SR2Z on Friday August 16, 2024 @12:04PM (#41267588)
Sure, if the powerset of all roads in a major city is "cherry-picking" to you. The rest of us just call that driving.
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