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Basil🧡
@LinkofSunshine
Ok you have to admit a human driver causes an accident 8/10 times here I think it's fairly unquestionable Waymo has saved numerous lives so far
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We recently began serving riders in Austin, and it’s great to see the safety benefits of the @Waymo Driver already playing out for both our riders and other road users.
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ethantagonist
@ethantagonist
the absolutely devastating part is, when Waymo gets into one (1) bad accident, the media will absolutely hound on it and public opinion will turn so fast... as if human drivers aren't worse
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@The_Equationist
No idea whether I'd be able to react fast enough to an incident like that but had I been driving the car I'd have already switched to the left lane in advance to pass by the girl on the scooter.
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Linch
@LinchZhang
Yes, notably this is not true of Tesla, Cruise, or the other self-driving cars on the (American) market.
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NotJohn
@SpaceNotJohn
No, if there had been an accident it would have been caused by someone unwisely skateboarding on the road with traffic, at night. Leaving aside what the law or court would say, don't do that.
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@musashimi2045
I saw the craziest case of a Tesla avoiding a car that swerved in the Tesla's lane on a freeway. The Tesla jerked out of the way and into the shoulder almost instantaneously, then back into the original lane. It was a so impressive and the alternative would have been nasty
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Avery
@HighWorldRings
I’ve never understood people against AI drivers. The end result is the safest and most efficient roads of all time
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@A26535359550451
Nah a good human driver would see her, anticipate her, slow down and even protect her with their vehicle. Waymo drives like a Chinese cab driver.
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wackypete 🎀🪬☀️💊
@p1huycke
I feel like while this is true, the interaction of human drivers with AI drivers creates wierd collision circumstances you can't easily model
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Someone
@BigDuncCastles
Americans: Wow, what reaction times so surprising. People who drive in India and SE Asia: Where's the second and third simultaneous insane thing to deal with while I also drive insanely, not impressed.
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John Doe
@fidelityalt
Due to T*sla's """full self driving""" lies for like a decade, I was fully put off autonomous cars until a couple years ago when I took a waymo. Genuinely incredible experience Last night when in an uber, my driver was driving on the wrong side of the road until I said something
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lowkeyGPT
@lowkeyGPT
I don't think a human driver would be the cause per se, but yeah I think you're right that they generally don't avoid it.
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CursedKnives
@Tlacuwise
I think it’s very questionable. 1) that animation is very misleading. You can see in the dash footage - she’s farther away than it seems. 2) Do we have any real # here? How many of these happen daily, how many result in a crash, how many Waymos have avoided them?
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@sullyj3
I don't want to be unfairly critical, but I think a human driver would have a better chance of identifying the situation as dangerous before the scooter even started to tip, and wouldn't be speeding up there such that they had to react suddenly at all
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Tiltzer🧦
@Tiltzr
8/10 times is a crazy exaggeration. Idk about other people but for me if I'm passing someone in the bike lane I'm hyper aware of them. I'd imagine most people are like this.
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Bryon T Russell
@BryonTRussell
Notice the Waymo reacts to the situation well in advance of the rider issue. Like crystal ball foresight here. It reduces speed and starts giving room a full 2-count before the situation.
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Andrew Payne
@paynetrain1996
I believe the big questions going forward are : 1. How do we insure these things when they drive themselves and no human is involved in the decision making? 2. If the tech is put in a position where it either has to sacrifice the occupants or a pedestrian what does it choose?
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lanata 🇪🇺📗
@cumfilldeyeball
Public transport, bikes, and good city planning would've saved more for less. Sure maybe self driving tech has some purpose but not here; one shouldn't need a car in this situation.
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Lucas 🌸🌻
@PaganBabyboy_
I like the idea that the driver would be responsible here and not the fuckass who can't stay on a bicycle like a fucking 3yo God I hate cyclists
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injuredreserve
@johnoffthebench
That’s been the frustrating thing about self driving. If humans cause an accident, say, 32/10000 trips, and self driving cars can get down to 25/10000, that is a massive success! But the SD accidents that DO happen will be weird and seemingly preventable,
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MrT
@mrintint
Can we talk about why tf that person would ride their scooter on the road when there’s a nice empty sidewalk right there
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Cami
@CamiReads_
Might be just me, but I know a lot of drivers who wouldn’t cause an accident in this scenario. Maybe the people you know are just bad drivers? Or very inattentive ones, at least?
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Limulus
@Limulus54
I think a human driver would have done the exact same thing and it would have worked out fine for the same reason, because there was no other traffic in the left lane. What would Waymo have done if there was is my question.
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MangyDesertDog
@MangyDesertDog
You must not drive at all. A human driver does not cause an accident here 8/10 times you fucking idiot. When the scooter fell the car was going at 15 miles per hour.
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Steve's Chirps
@StevesChirps
I keep seeing this video going around and no one talks about the fact that the car just kept driving past the scene of a woman who had fallen into a lane of traffic instead of stopping as soon as practical to ensure she was able to get back to safety or if she needed help.
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