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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by returningfory2 on Friday December 20, 2024 @10:06AM (#42471666)
The Waymo failure mode of false positives (signals but doesn't turn) seems much better than the human failure mode of false negatives (doesn't signal but turns)!
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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by tommiegannert on Friday December 20, 2024 @12:18PM (#42472892)
Human drivers also sometimes forget to turn their signals off, to the same effect as the described Waymo behavior: uncertainty of intent.
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