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Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now

Veritasium · 3.5M views · 2021-07-23 · 18:08

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Overview

A Veritasium video, sponsored by Waymo, that rides in a fully driverless car in Chandler, Arizona and argues for putting autonomous vehicles on roads based on safety data.

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HN mostly cites it as a ride-along example of driverless cars while many criticize it as sponsored content that understates limitations.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2021–2022

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Self-driving & autonomous vehicles
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jeffbee · 2022-09 · Reference

If you are referring to Veritasium's Waymo video, it says it is sponsored content in the description above the fold and it has the standard paid promotion notice right on top of the video as soon as you open it. As far as I can tell the "controversy" over the video is merely that one dedicated critic - so dedicated he made an hour-long response to a 20-minute video - is committed to the idea that machines won't ever be able to drive, and is irrationally angry over the fact that machines can and do drive, and do it well. [VIDEO]

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ummonk · 2022-09 · Criticism

Veritasium's video in particular: [VIDEO] It was critiqued by Tom Nicholas: [LINK] Most notable was Snazzy Labs' own comment in the replies to Tom Nicholas' video which descriped their experience participating in the Waymo sponsored reviews: [LINK]

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alexb_ · 2022-03 · Criticism

Worth mentioning that, while this video is very great and informative, Veritasium has made videos hyping up far-from-market technologies for money in the past[1]. Similar to the linked video, this talks about extremely promising tech not by asking experts in the field, but instead going to startups with an extreme incentive to hype up the technology (complete with VC bait "metaverse applications" of the tech). It's still a great video, but this should be kept in mind. [1] [VIDEO]

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