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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by BugsJustFindMe on Thursday January 29, 2026 @01:46PM (#46814588)
> Humans have this intuitive sense.

Some do, some of the time. I'm always surprised by how much credence other people give to the idea that humans aren't on average very bad at things, including perception.

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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by navigate8310 on Thursday January 29, 2026 @08:09PM (#46819345)
It's an autonomous vehicle fitted with a gazillion of sensors and data to drive itself. We can expect better from it than humans.
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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by BugsJustFindMe on Friday January 30, 2026 @10:40AM (#46825684)
I'm not sure what your point is here since this was better than many humans. Was it better than all humans? No. But there also isn't a single human who's better than all humans.
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