As I endure commuting, I keep seeing them (they’re most of the time super great; sometimes they do odd shit) and I have so many questions:
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They scaled up trips 10X in less than two years I think. How tf?
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Do they really have one “file” and upload it to all cars every night?
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Or is it some kind of live update happening? Seems dangerous but maybe safe these days.
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How many iterations before the car knows what to do in a certain situation? 10? 1,000?
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How is AI impacting their progress? Has it made it much better, easier, scarier?
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Has the hardware evolved? What have been the biggest improvements here?
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Are people trying to hack them? I imagine some super embed Linux shell somewhere but maybe it’s running off of Firefox (just kidding).
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Did the team use things from computer games like juicing? The cars are so smooth transitioning from lane to lane, it feels juicy. They have tweening/easing algorithms, 100%.
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How much other cars impact Waymo cars? I see drivers being mean to them all the time.
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Do they record audio outside of the car? Tons of information with that (fire trucks). Can the car process that info in real time?
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How are car insurance companies looking at all this? Virtually no accident with a Waymo, how will they charge anything in the future?
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What is competition doing? I imagine that there’s an absurd amount of nepotism/politics involving local and federal agencies. Meaning, it must be really hard to compete by now.
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How’s cleaning those cars going? Is there a pattern with people having sex in them?
They announced a partnership with Toyota recently. Driverless life is well on its way here in California. Can’t wait.