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In response to "Waymo demonstrates its limits in driverless tech. Gets stumped by road construction" by TWuG

Shouldn't there be a person in the driver's seat so that a human can take over in these types of situations? -- nm

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) May 14 '21, 06:51

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Waymo has permission to operate sans driver in a couple locations. They eventually sent a driver to sort this trip out. - TWuG May 14, 07:13 3
- That seems really dangerous and a bad idea with the technology still in its infancy. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 07:17 2
  - Yes and yes. But that's how we get things like lightbulbs and airplanes. -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 07:31
  - The issue is that it can only react to changes by stopping. It's super cautious, which is great, but not exactly - TWuG May 14, 07:30

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