Waymo Driverless Car Encounters Blocked Road |

[@Bobrogers99]

When Waymo encountered the blocked alley, I presume that it sent out an SOS, and Driver Assist jumped right in and told it to turn around - which it knows how to do.

[@Arron_Mottram]

Well, yes, that's what it said on the screen.

[@kosteaproduction]

The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed

[@DerekDavis213]

If the future was *really* here, Waymo taxi would not need remote help from a human navigator at Waymo.

[@pennytrui1149]

​@@DerekDavis213 um it is the future the technology is just not 100% perfect yet lol. Waymo is literally like the first driverless car and the first that's also already training on the highway. I mean even Tesla isn't perfect yet give the technology time.

[@DerekDavis213]

@@pennytrui1149 Who says its the future? Most Americans are not asking for self driving, and they don't trust self driving. You said 'give this technology time'. FSD has been in beta for almost *four* *years* , and the latest version is still making all kinds of mistakes, every day. FSD is a clumsy Level 2 assistant, and its not to be trusted.

[@sonicmoore6196]

@@DerekDavis213Oh please I’ve been asking for automated cars for years lol I rather be in these things instead of a human driving like bat out of hell

[@DerekDavis213]

@@sonicmoore6196 A human can drive for years without an accident. Tesla FSD cannot drive for 1 hour without human *intervention* .

[@channel11121]

It's funny how people are illustrated at Roombas :)

[@Martinit0]

What's the constant noise in the background?

[@dannnnnnn91]

Curious what happens if you try to control the steering wheel or step on the pedals?

[@SylveonTheOctoling]

Just a “Please don’t touch driving controls message” at the very least.

[@SylveonTheOctoling]

Edit: I spoke to Waymo about this, and what I said only applies to the first time you do this. In the future, your ride will immediately end.

[@dannnnnnn91]

@@SylveonTheOctoling Thanks for the info. I was just curious what's stopping some punk passenger from overriding the controls and driving it away.

[@JJRicks]

18:00 maybe the answer to the "why a roundabout with stop signs" question is "because of the crosswalk"?

[@Persephone_]

Why do you need a stop sign for a crosswalk? A yield (to pedestrians) would be fine - it makes no sense to stop when there is nobody there.

[@JJRicks]

@@Persephone_ My guess, just to make it a little safer

[@puregero]

19:45 Why can't the doors close themselves lol. All the taxis in Japan open/close the doors themselves, so having to open/close a taxi door is such a culture shock (I have definitely accidentally walked away without closing a taxi door before in korea, poor driver)

[@JJRicks]

Used to with the old minivans, seems like an oversight for sure. Though, nice to be able to force the car to hold still for a bit

[@hi-line8195]

so the key to this technology is there is a team of remote operators ready to jump in and provide remote human intervention at a moment's notice I suppose... 🤔

[@Starshipsmm]

Eh, it executed the 3 point turn once given the greenlight. Tesla can't even reverse so I think you'd have to disengage in that scenario.

[@Jaydenkosmo]

@@Starshipsmmtesla can’t do reverse for 3 point turns but they can reverse park secondly waymo is only one specific area that people selected other then Tesla who can drive most places and is controlled with a constant learning of ai from human drivers on the road

[@thewatcher5822]

@@Starshipsmm Tesla have said reverse is coming. V12 really has been a revelation in self driving. Waymo is good, but Tesla are on another level.

[@mvrz6]

Waymo is 💩

[@_____case]

What makes you say that?

[@ashokkumartripathi9098]

​@@_____caseMust be a Tesla fanboy.

[@U2B_Viewer]

12:18 One of the many benefits of a vision only, full end to end neural network. There would have been zero hesitation, and it would have proceeded smoothly.

[@JJRicks]

I still say none of that matters until the human is no longer liable for the car's actions

[@KevinChen5]

Nah I have seen FSD over-yielding plenty of times while driving around SF. It’s not related to whether the architecture is end to end.

[@DerekDavis213]

There is a brand new FSD 12.3.4 video, more than an hour long, of driving in San Francisco. FSD had MANY problems there.

[@thewatcher5822]

@@DerekDavis213 Both Waymo and Tesla have a lot of problems. Tesla to my mind are closest to solving them.

[@DerekDavis213]

@@thewatcher5822 There is no reason to think that Tesla is close to solving anything. FSD has been in beta testing for almost 4 years. FSD v12 has been thru many point releases over the last 90 days. But still many problems, on any challenging drive.