A few software engineers work a weekend to fix the issue, and it never happens again?
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I can't tell if they're comparing apples to oranges here. For example, are the stats adjusted to account for the fact that self driving cars are only driving on roads that are not icy, whereas we human drivers drive in all kinds of conditions?
Methodology can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15389588.2025.2...
"Benchmarks were aligned to the same vehicle types, road types, and locations as where the Waymo Driver operated."
So yes, it's apples to apples... I'm sure there's some inherent variation, so maybe it's fuji to granny smith apples, but it seems there's nothing wildly off in their methodology.
This is super cool!
why?`
Cupertino is in there, no?
This is a huge sign of confidence that they think they can do this safely and at scale... Freeways might appear "easy" on the surface, but there are all sorts of long tail edge-cases that make them insanely tricky to do confidently without a driver. This will unlock a lot for them with all of the smaller US cities (where highways are essential) they've announced plans for over the next year or so.
Looks like they've opened up SJC Airport, too! SFO imminent?
This is a huge sign of confidence that they think they can do this safely and at scale... Freeways might appear "easy" on the surface, but there are all sorts of long tail edge-cases that make them insanely tricky to do confidently without a driver. This will unlock a lot for them with all of the smaller US cities (where highways are essential) they've announced plans for over the next year or so.
> the opposing "Newton hypothesis", which says that scientific progress is mostly the work of a relatively small number of great scientists (after Isaac Newton's statement that he "stood on the shoulders of giants")
I guess the Ortega equivalent statement would be "I stood on top of a giant pile of tiny people"
...Not quite as majestic, but hey, if it gets the job done...