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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by dylan604 on Thursday January 29, 2026 @01:52PM (#46814684)
This isn't Apollo 13 with a successful failure. A driverless car hit a human that just happened to be a kid. Doesn't matter if a human would have as well, the super safe driverless car hit a kid. Nothing else matters. Driverless car failed.
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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by direwolf20 on Thursday January 29, 2026 @01:55PM (#46814739)
If failure is defined such that failure is the only possible outcome, I don't think it's a useful part of an evaluation.
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