Was hoping at this point in time Waymo would be expanding more aggressively.
I suspect the tech doesn’t really work anywhere but in the bright sunny desert climate of the cities where they are active now.
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Wanderer@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Was hoping at this point in time Waymo would be expanding more aggressively.
But no one else seems immediately on the horizon and Waymo is consistently expanding well so they are doing very well indeed.
I’m excited for the last mile problem to be solved and be able to cycle on roads without drivers that actually wish I was dead or playing about on their phone. Also I hate driving.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I’ve been to Los Angeles and Austin. Is San Francisco seen as a bright sunny desert climate?
doctorfail@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No, it’s seen as cloudy and rainy.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Well, maybe desert is a bit much for SF but among the cities where they are active it seems noticeable that there isn’t anything in a more humid or colder part of the country or really anywhere very green (where road signs might be obscured by growing trees, that kind of thing).
Draupnir@lemmy.world 4 days ago
How about Cybercab and its robotaxi service? They are starting in Austin this June. That seems very immediate on the horizon
Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 days ago
My view is it’s pure hypeware until proven otherwise.
This isn’t Tesla hate from my side either. The general consensus from enthusiasts since the beginning is Tesla is way off the mark. But the latest self driving upgrades using more LLM tech has apparently been a big step up. By that I mean going from poor assisted self driving to good assisted self driving. Getting it from there to no driver behind the wheel is another matter all together. Maybe they had a single jump or maybe it’s a new path of consistent progress, I have no idea.
I’m not expecting much from Tesla. I would absolutely love to be wrong.
Expecting more from baidu, pony.ai and zoox more than Tesla. Hell even BYD with the Chinese backing it has might beat Tesla.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s probably going to happen in June like they said, it’s just a matter of how long before something really bad happens and they have to stop, because something bad is probably going to happen. But it probably is imminent, temporarily.
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
The level that waymo operates requires an insane level of digital space mapping.
Considering san Francisco is the most 3d scanned city on the planet I’m not surprised the expansion is happening at the rate it is.