Waymo AI Driverless Car Goes Rogue: Blocks Traffic, Evades Capture | JJRicks Rides With Waymo #54

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botanical · 2024-04 · Criticism

Google's AI is just as bad as the rest. I remember when it couldn't get past a traffic cone after not being in an accident for "countless hours": [VIDEO] These companies should be fined hefty amounts and barred from beta testing out in public and putting people in danger. Governments should carry out comprehensive tests on a self-driving car's capabilities, same as cars without proven passenger safety (Euro NCAP) aren't allowed to be on roads carrying passengers. And now this great AI company is also providing AI services to pariah states like Apartheid Israel to be used on people. That's scary.

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cma · 2023-12 · Criticism

> I also don't recall traffic cones being a very difficult problem beyond Cruise + cones on windshield in SF. I have no love for Cruise. But its straightforward to pause if there's a large object on the windshield. Waymo had a big mistake with cones where a lane was blocked off for construction and they thought it was the inverse and started driving down the blocked off side: [LINK] full video: [VIDEO] In the statement before that timestamp they say some of it was caused by remote operator error. But it seems to have enough problems with cones to need an operator in the first place, and you can see the planner is wrong. I think Cruise would be using a human or at least summoning one to oversee in any situation with unexpected cones, based on what they have said about how often they use remote assistance too.

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botanical · 2023-10 · Criticism

I've said this previously when a self-driving Uber killed a woman, and I'll say it again: I don't understand why authorities allow self-driving cars to beta test out in public. I thought Waymo was the best of the lot with something like millions of hours on the road and no incidents, but when they started accepting passengers, it failed to proceed past a traffic cone on a sunny day: [VIDEO] The government should initiate a comprehensive test on a self-driving car's capabilities. In their current form, I wouldn't trust any of the others like Tesla and Uber that think self-driving is as easy putting it out on the road. And that too with Tesla and their cost-saving no-LIDAR nonsense. These companies should be fined hefty amounts and barred from beta testing out in public.

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