Inside The City Where Waymo Tests Self-Driving Vehicles

In Chandler, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, Waymo's fleet of 600 minivans shuttling people from place to place. Ordering one feels almost exactly like calling a Lyft or Uber, except for one thing: the vans drive themselves. Alphabet's Waymo has been testing self-driving vehicles in Arizona since 2017 and we got a look at what it's like.
Alphabet’s self-driving car company Waymo has built the world’s smartest vehicles with access to the world’s best artificial intelligence, but there’s one barrier that it might have underestimated: people.
In the last few months, the company has gained regulatory approvals, improved its driving systems using Alphabet’a AI assets and partnered with other auto manufacturers. Its cars have driven more miles than any other company’s.
But the community closest to Waymo’s main testing grounds in Phoenix, Arizona, said that the human element remains complicated, from hiring more drivers and support staff to working with city officials and emergency response staff.
CNBC visited Phoenix to check out Waymo’s progress earlier this month, weeks after the company launched its first actual business, Waymo One, a commercial robotaxi service in the Phoenix area. Meanwhile, competitors like Uber, Tesla and General Motors subsidiary Cruise are all planning their own self-driving car technology in a market estimated to garner $556.67 billion by 2026.
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Inside The City Where Waymo Tests Self-Driving Vehicles

[@cmonster6]

This would be a godsend to elderly people who can’t or shouldn’t drive any longer.

[@paulinotou]

I'm 25 y/o and the world would probably benefit just as much by getting me away from the wheel.

[@rayt5520]

or for anyone from 19-39 the most dangerous group.

[@appletree4433]

Taxi.

[@lolimprobro]

@@rayt5520 Found the elderly driver

[@BigRobChicagoPL]

lol I was with my 84 year old Gramp in the home country going for a drive and this guy had a hard time shifting his own gears...or pressing the clutch for that matter...or seeing anything out the window...(he is going blind). Thankfully he sold his wagon by now but yeah if you're too old to do these basic functions don't be on the road

[@anttipeltola8578]

Give me a self-driving electric car with a bed so i can sleep during my commute.

[@jabom99]

I was thinking that too. Also, on your way home, mix yourself a nice rum and coke, fire up a fatty and watch the game on your widescreen in the back.

[@GameFuMaster]

@@bsca1956 Sounds like you've never been at a hotel.

[@GameFuMaster]

@@bsca1956 who said it won't? If it's got a bed, then it'll probably be expensive so there will be services. Maybe it'll function more like an overnight train. So you take a bus full of beds from predetermined locations. Or maybe you can privately own a driverless car, which means it'll be your own bed. But that's too much thinking for you. Even though you'll probably end up using it like you use the internet.

[@6_blocks_under]

@@bsca1956 they have people wash the car, so why can't people wash the sheets?

[@6_blocks_under]

@@GameFuMaster preach

[@gastonave]

You know what's way scarier than a self driving vehicle? A vehicle operated by a teenager with a cellphone.

[@seth_deegan]

Uh hello? Adults use cellphones too? You wouldn't believe the number of people on their phones sitting at a red light at a major intersection. Everyone does it, everyone doesn't realize the danger, everyone is endangering each other.

[@massv953]

or the elderly. An old woman nearly killed me going the wrong way down the highway. They need to take licences away from these people.

[@Dansk55]

@@massv953 lol

[@Xfacehack]

And while we have people that look at their phone, disabled hearing and seeing. Self-driving cars and so on. I come along driving 120mph down the highway, swaying right and left causing accidents behind me :PPppppPPp My time is worth more than those people :)

[@Liquid-Lithium]

Cross that. A vehicle operated by any average driver.

[@Steven-kq6rw]

I live in the area where these cars out tested. They drive on the road right outside my apartment 24/7. I've driven next to them on the streets, and I could best describe them as conservative. They are careful drivers, much like what you would expect from an elderly person. If it wasn't for all of the sensors and branding, you really can't tell that they are fully autonomous. It's amazing technology that is slowly making its way into our lives.

[@raygordon3728]

But there is always someone in the driver seat.

[@adamkatt]

@@raygordon3728 most of the time no, just watch jjricks vids...

[@SpaseGoast]

4:43 Andrew Yang has entered the chat.

[@acommunist1607]

):

[@changhuang1018]

No rude or irresponsible drivers I'm all for it

[@ShawnMott]

Chang Huang Some might say the same about riders. Works both ways buddy.

[@xsuploader]

@@ShawnMott the rider cant be automated so it doesnt matter

[@emdcrazycat]

No one will be stuck in delivering pizza or other driving jobs?? That’s waaay better that being stuck in the unemployed census count!

[@jevinday]

I live in Chandler, AZ and i see these vans everywhere. I'm not really sure why people have a problem with them. Safer transportation is better transportation.

[@mentuemhet]

all it takes is one solar flare.

[@playerthegamer]

@tony Yeah, that fear is a problem of our economic model, though. We need some pretty big updates to our economic and social model pretty soon to keep up with the massive changes in technology over the past 100 years. Technology is going to keep moving forward and our society needs to move in lockstep.

[@noisycarlos]

@sweetlady inchitown it'll take longer to get those situations sorted. But it can definitely learn to deal with it as the technology matures

[@playerthegamer]

@tony That's hard, though. I'm sorry but retraining people specially older people past 40-50 yrs old in any significant scale is hard. It's just how human biology works, once you're older neurotransmitter levels drop quite a bit, it's the reason why alzheimers and dementia occur in old people. The goal should be to position the youth to be more flexible to adapt quickly to future advanvements. How are you gonna retrain blue collar workers most of whom have good work ethics but no foundational skills, many of which now takes years to train, necessary for the new work environment. You can't really get them to work in a farm for $8/hr either......good luck with that. The truth is basic coding is going to be the new labour job of the future, hard to train 40-50 yr olds to do that unless we want to embrace augmenting human brain with technology or somehow juicing people up on neurotransmitters.

[@daveedwards6727]

I drive in Chandler all the time. I enjoy seeing them. It’s the future. People have problems because they’re idiots who drive 10 over the speed limit, run solid reds and don’t know how right of way at a stop sign works. Waymo vans follow all traffic laws, including stopping behind the stop line and coming to a complete stop at a stop sign, two things that when I do I get flipped off for.

[@alwin2588]

Now crank the traffic to indian/Indonesian level, then we'll see how "smart" these Cars truly are 😂😂😂😂😅😅

[@sumitshresth]

that wont work there. too much population that can be cheaply hired

[@alwin2588]

@@sumitshresth Amen broda hahahah

[@commentorsilensor3734]

All the tests must be performed in major Asian cities. Test 1 million miles in each city. Add Beijing n Shanghai. I have been those two n Jakarta. Traffic in Jakarta was bad but compare with Beijing n Shanghai, it was nothing

[@NicholasLittlejohn]

Have no road lines is safer sometimes.

[@alwin2588]

@@commentorsilensor3734forget about censors, those Cars would need God-like Tier AI level to traverse those Cities and miles hahahaha

[@grantapalooza998]

Andrew yang is one of the only canidates addressing this up and coming artificial intelligence revolution. To think that a major shift I'm the economy won't happen in the next 10-20 years is naive.

[@princeplotena]

Grantapalooza Uber drivers will attack the Waymo cars like the French taxi drivers did to Ubers.

[@whereismycrewyo]

Won't worry a thing. New types of jobs will emerge out of these AI evolution. App developers, social influencers, twitch streamers never existed 10-20 years ago. Who knew a person gets can get paid $$$$$ for streaming oneself playing video games? My parents and grandparents wouldn't even thought about that possibility years ago

[@jerrylin5089]

Level 5 autonomous cars are at least 20 years away according to most experts

[@IonorReasSpamGenerator]

Andrew Young gets plenty of social workers and clerks redistributing social benefits fired with his UBI for everyone, and many people that lose work or did not work in the first place suddenly will be capable survive even without finding a job especially when living in a group even while being junkie, what can possibly go wrong??? So you end with the even bigger mess you begin with by eradicating jobs and removing the incentive to find them. Not like the US doesn't have debt issues as it is or is even capable produce a balanced yearly budget to see some kind of brighter future in the current mess...

[@HardKore5250]

@@whereismycrewyo What kind of jobs?

[@foursite]

These officials are needed in every US city. They are actually open minded. amazing!

[@719andheartbreaks8]

Until you see how people are kept at the boarder in Arizona specifically...

[@rdp30000]

I do love my city

[@pbergonzi]

They will never, ever, ever drive drunk.

[@auchlowtrus9300]

"The hope for these machines is that they eliminate the need for people to be stuck in jobs like delivering pizzas" yeah every delivery driver longs for the day when they "get unstuck" and can finally devote all their time to figuring out how the hell they're going to feed themselves while they try to secure employment for which they have no experience, nor qualifications... oh happy day

[@zachtaylor49]

Trump 4 Prison 2020 That’s easy for you to say until your job is the one that’s on the line. What are teens going to do or people with no experience??

[@godfather7339]

UBI

[@Autovetus]

Human Brain is capable of solving bigger problems than driving a car from point a to point b. Surely better Jobs will show up

[@Autovetus]

@@Alex-yj9xl well for now as you propably know there is deficency od workforce in almost every branch , so its the other way round than people loosing Jobs.

[@heyheythecat]

"The major portion of the expense is the driver." AI will take over human jobs. This legitimizes Andrew Yang's platform of Universal Basic Income.

[@zacht9805]

No it doesn't legitimize the policy, there have been plenty of jobs that have had technology take over people just need to learn to adapt.

[@Andrew-hf1dj]

@@zacht9805 but jobs are getting crappier and crappier especially for poor people. As businesses/employers start prioritizing technology over a human worker, conditions will keep declining for the human.

[@zacht9805]

@@Andrew-hf1dj Jobs are getting crappier, lmfao give me a break, technology has made our jobs easier and easier.

[@sharkkilla40]

@@zacht9805 you will be replaced by machine. Is more profitable n "Safe, accurate " Ur just a number for business if u work for them. But ur a value customer if you buy from them.

[@darkofilipovski]

@@sharkkilla40 Well, then you will learn a new skill ..

[@andys5043]

Wow! A fleet of 600 self driving cars. How many people who are driving for Uber or Lyft for full time will lose their jobs when they’re on main streets of America? People , please search Andrew Yang on Joe Rogan podcast on KZbin , and find out more!

[@zacht9805]

Nobody does uber full time long term.

[@elhugeo]

When youre out drunk at night, Waymo self driving Tow Truck tows you home!

[@Harry-uq9qd]

China already solved this, DiDi allows you to call a driver to you and drive your car for you. They get to you by electric scooter. Only in cities of course. In USA it would need to be modified

[@robholberg4904]

Hugo Maravilla Ortiz You shouldn't be out late at night drinking and driving. Or drinking and driving at all! You idiot, that's how people get killed.

[@zKiid]

Keep it up with the great videos CNBC 😀

[@cocotaveras8975]

zKiid Agreed, very informative and interesting :)

[@gravityzero2179]

6:22 The key to profits for these big companies is removing humans from their jobs.

[@scottguise3052]

@Trump 4 Prison 2020 Right, and we don;t already have automated assembly lines that can be programmed to do their jobs? You need some more experience in the world before you start talking.

[@scottguise3052]

@Trump 4 Prison 2020 You must work as a Janitor then. If you think robots can't do that, you are clearly dumber than you look. A simple automated car wash proves my point, the fact robots can assemble cellphones and microprocessors proves my point. Just stop talking moron.

[@Fillinyourname]

Yes finally! Have been waiting for this

[@gptty]

It's amazing to see the autonomous fleet working in real world Thx CNBC team for the high quality and insightful video

[@bakeee]

"stuck in jobs like delivering pizza." stuck? delivering pizza was what got me through college.

[@clintbeastwood1947]

bakeee Exactly just ask Dave Ramsay.

[@nir4a]

Everyone is talking about removing millions of people from so many different jobs, no one talking about how these people are going to survive

[@godfather7339]

@@nir4a UBI?

[@nir4a]

@@godfather7339 basic income. Minimum wages so you won't die of hunger. What a life awaits us! Food is not everything that makes people happy.

[@godfather7339]

@@nir4a umm what are you saying? Using robots makes everything cheap, so if you get a 500 dollar check every month it will easily cover most expenses. Also if you have a good government you can trust ie communist governments, they will provide you with good education, healthcare, funding for start ups etc. If you live in a capitalist government, good luck.

[@dmax5678]

Be very careful before you say things like "stuck delivering pizzas." For a lot of regular people and people new to the country, saving their tip money from delivering pizzas was their path to upward mobility. I personally had a buddy in high school that started delivering pizzas at 18, and through savings and hard work had three rental properties by 25, all off of saving and investing his pizza delivery money. Silicon Valley needs to be more careful about bragging about putting millions of people out of work. They have a bigger PR problem with that than they realize.

[@trent3727]

dominos was created by 2 brothers that were "stuck delivering pizzas"

[@zachtaylor49]

dmax5678 You’re 100% correct. People won’t start caring until it’s their job that’s on the line. Sad.

[@triadwarfare]

I'd rather not tip

[@samsalin]

New tech always out phases unnecessary jobs

[@saynotop2w]

Real talk, typical Papa Johns drivers make more money than uber/lyft ones

[@Altcoinengineer]

thanks, CNBC for the fascinating discussion

[@pawala7]

5:55 - People get bothered by cars actually following the law?

[@TheMaberino]

pawala they go the speed limit lol

[@Treefinger1]

I'll experience such people at work all the time

[@nelodon2317]

Yeah very true. Am guilty of that. I can't count the number of times I drive above the posted speed limited.

[@highandmightyqueen79]

of course it is annoying to drive next to machines who follow the law blindly. Sometimes as drivers we respond with logic when unexpected things happen on the road. That is why its hard for these machines to adopt because they are not flexible like humans. They can't improvise like humans can.

[@shatteredstar2149]

@@highandmightyqueen79 just follow the law

[@theTAILlor]

Self driving cars are like hand washing. The more people who do it, the more effective it will be

[@GreaterJan]

Me: I'm so lonely how can this get any worse Waymo: Hold my beer

[@sssssnake222]

Waymo: I can drive! Snow and ice: hold my 🍺

[@robertoc.j.5563]

Pretty cool video! Very informative. 👍

[@What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names]

“Be stuck in jobs like delivering pizza” no one is “stuck” in delivering pizza. They have that yob cus they need the money.

[@8kcompression770]

Plenty of people are stuck delivering pizza because there's no other choice for them.

[@romancorey6796]

Yo I live in Phoenix and I’ve seen a TON of them.

[@aprilj1838]

This is my city!!! I am so proud to live in Chandler, and be a part of the exciting advances made by tech companies that share our home city! We ❤️ Chandler!!

[@AKT0B0S]

I love self driving vehicles! Let’s make it happen America!

[@SuperAllison20]

How about no

[@Virtualvinyilradio]

Yang gang

[@preacherkidakabishopson4578]

No jobs, no traffic, no speeding tickets, no insurance. Elimination of million of jobs as well as car ownership, dealers and mechanics. Many people are happy and excited until it affects them. 🤖 Jetson age is here 🚀

[@israellara89]

No hotels, no truck stops.

[@Dailyn_Chanel]

I couldn't have say it better.

[@stealthxg5045]

More time to do other stuff.

[@simpletechdaily]

Woohoo! Go Waymo! I love this company! 💛🧡♥️

[@cleavey2]

It seems great to me, and the future of our road, safety, and transportation, I'm looking forward to being in one of them.

[@nelsonfavedra]

Andrew Yang

[@marknc9616]

I believe these will decrease the number of passenger vehicles needed by maybe 60+%. I believe these will reduce the amount of land and decks needed for parking by maybe 70+%. I believe this will reduce the amount of capacity needed for our public roadway systems by 60+%.

[@John-uz5qb]

Mark NC nope!

[@quiettornado1970]

I hope so and give it back to nature.

[@roberthansen2008]

Definitely like to see these come to Chicago. I would use it I would still also use the buses and trains just like I always would. It would certainly open up a lot more possibilities especially going to areas where there is real bad bus service and I just don't feel like using it.

[@tonythedriver1161]

I like driving a car, i like driving for advance auto parts. I like owning a car, i don't want to give up that freedom

[@VanBurenOfficial]

The government is not going to make car ownership illegal, I also love having a car, the Tesla model of on/off autopilot is ideal because you can relax in traffic but drive when you want

[@tonythedriver1161]

@@VanBurenOfficial u never know how f up the us government can truly be

[@lydiaanderson2870]

@Hello Tony, How are you doing?

[@ArtorasKnight]

This is what Andrew yang is talking about! Yang2020

[@tompain2751]

Your safe!People want to hijack you,what will they do to a robot to get a pizza!lol

[@poker4400]

Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is the only Candidate talking about this. Google Andrew Yang.

[@poker4400]

@Riki Rikin kanayin the Freedom Dividen. Yang 2020.

[@rayt5520]

This is the least of our problems drugs and illegals are the biggest problems wheres he on this absolutely nothing.

[@IonorReasSpamGenerator]

Andrew Young gets plenty of social workers and clerks redistributing social benefits fired with his UBI for everyone, and many people that lose work or did not work in the first place suddenly will be capable survive even without finding a job especially when living in a group even while being junkie, what can possibly go wrong??? So you end with the even bigger mess you begin with by eradicating jobs and removing the incentive to find them. Not like the US doesn't have debt issues as it is or is even capable produce a balanced yearly budget to see some kind of brighter future in the current mess...

[@DavidPerez-cg4jn]

Ionor Rea So your saying keep inefficient programs in place for the sake of people being able to keep their jobs? It’s going to happen regardless people will need to adapt. The amount of governments jobs lost from the adoption of UBI compared to the amount were losing with automation and AI is negligible.

[@IonorReasSpamGenerator]

@@DavidPerez-cg4jn UBI and whole AI will take our jobs is just overblown case, there is a shortage of drivers in the US as it is while the US has very low unemployment already. At the same time, current AI is barely able to park properly, far less to actually drive in winter conditions or heavy rain while being able to change a tire or protect against folks that tend to steal cargo while trucks waiting on the clogged road. I am sure that AI will be a thing one day that will reshape our industry but it's still questionable if we see it in our working lifetimes before going to pension anyway. Young scaring with AI and fooling people by telling everyone will get free money because it is necessary to happen according to him is just creating excuses that are really not the issue now nor they will be for decades to come, just to get people signed on some idea that pulls even more people out of the jobs regardless of fact that there is no need for that just so the US can end with system that allows people sucking state while not working by default so they can just abuse opioids and stay in front of the TV enjoying depression of their miserable existence, it just not going to happen anytime soon because there is no need for that...

[@empathyisonlyhuman7816]

I'm glad to see that our national media is showing an interest in covering not just the self driving aspects of this technology but also the driver assist technologies to help make those who choose to pilot their own vehicle better at the task at hand. Mandatory speed limiters on vehicles would greatly increase the level of safety on our roads. As a former professional driver, I personally witnessed several dozen incidents where significant levels of damage, during an accident, were directly attributable to someone ignoring the post speed limit. On one occasion a woman started yelling at me and threatened to call the police because I wasn't speeding. I told her to go ahead because I really wanted to see her try to explain this one to the police.

[@forgiveness_denied]

R.I.P. truckers, taxi drivers, pizza delivery and many more...times has changed and thats good, there will be no fatigued truckers on road, no cab drivers road rage, less traffic, less fuel consumption, less accidents, but what all those millions of people suppose to do???

[@zachtaylor49]

forgiveness denied Thank you!! No one is bringing that up. How are we supposed to afford driverless vehicles if we don’t have a job?! The wealth divide will be more pronounced in the future... the super wealthy and the rest of us poor folks...

[@JJpmfc]

This is why we will need some sort of universal basic income in the future.

[@juanfernandez1696]

Vote for Andrew Yang and he will take care of it before it becomes a crisis.

[@forgiveness_denied]

USA truckers making $5-6k/ month, how come that Yang $1k/mo will help you in life LMAO!!!

[@forgiveness_denied]

Zach Taylor we live in age that you have to learn change and shift thru different carriers, other wise as you mentioned you’ll be poor and miserable, the choice is yours

[@carlosalba9690]

Lol I live in Mountain View not only do we have Waymo but a bunch of other self driving cars. At this point we're unfazed.

[@4U6U57]

I've only seen Waymo and Nuro, have you seen any others around?

[@carlosalba9690]

August Valera I’ve seen other brands including Toyota research, Baidu and a huge variety of unmarked vehicles the unmarked ones I assume are different companies since the lidar equipment have cast differences. And growing up here I’ve seen other self driving car companies and projects that no longer exists

[@carlosalba9690]

August Valera there’s cruise in SF and another one in Redwood or Foster City who have designed autonomous cars from scratch.

[@ericcartmann]

I live in Edmonton. Never seen a driver less car in my life. I don't think you can have driverless cars here. Winter is snowy, and summer is full of construction.

[@annamermaid2918]

And its why the 101 sucks. It an area that attracts those who are waiting for this and are excited. Im not against it but not excited. I love driving.

[@DannyLandPK]

This is such a well made piece :)

[@cocotaveras8975]

Denesh Chandrahasan Agreed, so informative and interesting :)

[@lawrence18uk]

9:50 - "when autonomous vehicles are better than the 50th percentile human driver, we have an absolute resposibility to let them on to the roads" - Yes!

[@kyle8851]

I'm ok with self-driving cars, as long as the state doesn't come for my license just because a self-driving car is safer. I'm a car guy, I enjoy driving, I enjoy my commute, etc. I always will. Also as long as these cars move over when a faster vehicle is approaching, that will be great.

[@truecanuck97]

Stepping into something of this variety begs the question: "since this isn't my property, is anyone listening (recording) what I say?"

[@AFRRRR]

I just don't ever want a self driving car because driving is like a huge stress reliever for me I love it.

[@stiephel]

Lol I'm the opposite. I hate driving. Cheers

[@pauldevey8628]

I saw a Waymo car in rain at night. The computer went apoplectic ! Love to see it in Canada in winter and in the city.

[@cprivera1]

Bring that here to Colorado please!!! Would love to use this to go to the airport and places

[@stopsomeguywithoutamoustac9556]

Imagine working and all u have do is sit and watch

[@aBusybee]

The police officer claimed there weren't pagers or computers around the start of his career 30 years ago. Pager's have been widely used by doctor's since the late 50's/60's and personal computer's first started showing up in the 70's. Did he never walk by a radioshack, sears, or local radio shop? Seriously.

[@nopenope1186]

Technology is not nearly as fast as people think it is

[@Boxhead42]

Tbf, This it’s Arizona, it was probably just bumble weeds and desert🐪 🌵 back then.

[@TEverettReynolds]

They didn't mention the moral or ethical implications of autonomous vehicles... What is that you ask? Who decides the fate of the following situation: Child runs out from between two parked cars in a city chasing a ball... less then 10 feet in front of the autonomous vehicle... no time to stop. (happens all the time in cities all over the world) Decisions that needs to be made: 1. Slow down as much as possible and hit Child, causing injury or death. 2. Drive off to the right and hit parked car, risking injury to passenger. 3. Drive off to the left and risk injury to passenger and other driver in other lane. Today, humans make this decision in less then a second. Who decides what the autonomous car will do? The programmer? Waymo? Google? The insurance companies? Does the passenger have a say in any of this?

[@faith223]

Accelerationists love these type of videos about self driving cars so much

[@pabloarvelo5969]

The only way I see these vehicles being safe is when ALL vehicles become self-driving.

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

PABLO ARVELO I thought about that today. If an autonomous vehicle were to slam on brakes to avoid hitting the vehicle in front, well what happens to the vehicle behind it. There was a moment today where I had to perform evasive maneuvers by changing lanes quickly to avoid hitting a car in front because the person decided to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting a car in front of them for not paying attention. Changing lanes quickly was my only option because I would not be able to stop fast enough and I could have gotten hit from behind as well. What would have helped the situation was if all vehicles on that roadway were controlled autonomously. Then all cars would have contacted its neighbor to say "hey I am about to stop so prepare to stop and stop now". No collision.

[@pabloarvelo5969]

@@StarFleet_Tech1701 Very good points.

[@yaotly1]

@@StarFleet_Tech1701 eventually, these machines will be able to outperform even our most skilled drivers. You are also right as long as we have a human driver there will always be a chance of an accident.

[@PrincessAww]

TransDimensional Relocation if you had to slam on your breaks you were following too close

[@benjamin7114]

It's one thing when humans crash into each other , people have accepted human error but autonomous vehicle crash with human is where the self driving vehicles will lose whether they were on the right or wrong .

[@kevinbrown9425]

When you've never seen or heard about waymo

[@mnguyea]

The concept of driver-less cars is something we see is so cool in sci-fi movies but I think as humans we still need someone is the driver's seat just as an reassurance like in Fifth Element. I guess generations who grow up to this will seem like a normal thing but for the rest of us who always had someone behind the wheel is something fascinating but terrifying at the same time.

[@raygordon3728]

The problem with this is there is no margin for error. The first fatality involving one of these death traps will be the last. Also ask yourself how safe you'd feel flying in a Plane with an empty cockpit.

[@buythaiproperty]

Facial recognition when you walk on the streets and now driverless cars like Minority Report. Now just hoping the Matrix or Skynet doesn't come true.

[@TruthHurts1871]

We have been in the the Matrix for a long time, and Andrew Yang is the ONE! But Skynet yet to come true, hopefully Americans are smart enough to elect Yang so Skynet will work for the people instead.

[@LtZetarn]

Remember the Google's Captcha that ask you to find the car, storefront , Sign or Crosswalk? That's how Google using you to teach those Autonomous Car.

[@PineappledoesnotbelongonPizza2]

Really?

[@imaytag]

That doesn't really make sense, since in order for the captcha to function the correct answer must already be known beforehand which makes your input irrelevant from a machine learning standpoint.

[@123machet]

@@imaytag The way it works is they know some of the answers and learn some of the others and show it to enough people to train up the model. I'm not sure they use this for the AI cars but they do use it for google maps to learn house addresses and recognise patterns.

[@imaytag]

@@123machet Cool!

[@NSS7]

That is wrong. If you click wrong picture you wont be able to sign in. Captcha must know the answer first before you even click the photo.

[@antonio77597]

Waymo should be around Sedona Arizona too now that would be a great opportunity to see it and probably enjoy the ride and see for myself

[@michaelriga7305]

CNBC you know why they are in Arizona right? WAYMO is based upon LIDAR, which means it can't be used during fog, rain, or snow. Tesla, for example, uses SONAR which includes radars, and cameras in their system. SONAR uses emits and receives reflected sound echos which are aimed at detecting large objects. Google has a newer system still based on LIDAR that can detect weather patterns and weather issues but it's not ready. Arizona, Nevada and a few other states are perfect for LIDAR because they do not have any weather issues, but the majority of the USA has weather issues in certain months of the year. I drive a Tesla, and I have to say Autopilot works as advertised. It sees cars in front of me and to the sides, it understands blind spots, and finally, it shows when you are getting to close to a car or vice versa when a car is getting to close to you. LIDAR is not using sensors, instead, it uses one sensor which is on the roof of the car, instead of multiple sensors all around the car. There is another issue with LIDAR that SONOR does not have the issue, and that is that LIDAR degrades at high sun angles and reflections. Finally, LIDAR has some high operating costs when collecting data. Personally, I don't see LIDAR taking off. On that day when the DOD sponsored the program, Elon Musk was not there. At the time, I don't know if Tesla would have won at the time, my guess is no. But if you look today, Tesla is always improving their Autopilot and FSD systems, whereas LIDAR isn't that much. Secondly, LIDAR is being built in cars like a Pacifica and taking away all the functionality of that car. If Google wants to succeed here, it would be best to develop its own car, and not just use someone else and claim they won. I strongly suggest everybody look at this video which was posted by Tesla showing their FSD that is coming out soon. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qp23mZeoaLRoh9E

[@julianhautzmayer2232]

Autonomy will overtake the car industry.

[@gravityzero2179]

Julian Hautzmayer until one get hacked and goes all Skynet on us...

[@ibrahimpasha8229]

Not really. People still like buying and driving cars...

[@tompain2751]

The general public has very little stake/interest in this!...unless you try to take their cars!

[@GameFuMaster]

@@ibrahimpasha8229 People still like buying and riding horses, doesn't mean that we should allow them on the freeway.

[@ibrahimpasha8229]

GameFuMaster The public has been misguided to believe self driving cars will replace humans driving cars all together in the next decade, the reality is it’s no where close to being ready. Even if it were, you would have to scale up to the point where everyone can have self driving vehicles to use. There won’t be enough self driving vehicles on the roads in the near future to even deal with 1% of demand for a while. Also right now using narrow AI in controlled environments won’t cut it to replace humans for a very very long time.

[@oliviagreen8853]

They dont want anyone to own these vehicles? So we'll be forced to pay per ride forever when regular cars are fazed out? No thanks

[@willmarine1287]

The long term goal is that you will pay a subscription. This will eliminate the time you spend on mantinence/upkeep. It will also mean that if you aren't driving your car won't be sitting around, making it hopefully cheaper.

[@oliviagreen8853]

Will marine that would be ideal but I feel like companies would take advantage of the fact we can’t actually own them and will have no choice but to pay whatever they charge. Which could get more expensive than just owning

[@willmarine1287]

@@oliviagreen8853 Your'e right, we should make sure that when self driving cars are implemented that the price is regulated by the government or competition. If one company owns all the self driving cars, and is the only one selling subscription services, then they will obviously be more expensive than our current system. However, multiple companies will need to exist and some government regulation will inevitably be involved. This hybrid system of regulation should make sure that one company can't take advantage of their consumers.

[@mokiboki1778]

I live in palo alto in california. google headquarters is in the next town over and while its not legal here in california for the service to be open to the general public, they can still test them here. the rideshare service is only open to google employees here and you cant go 5 minutes without seeing one, if not more. I remember before it was waymo, when it was still called google self driving and they were mostly those tiny little dome shaped cars. they were so slow. nobody would want to be behind one. they really have come very far in the past few years.

[@UCH6H9FiXnPsuMhyIKDOlsZA]

As a cybersecurity programmer, my two concerns with driverless cars are cyberattacks. Any computer which takes input can be attacked, and cars are especially juicy targets, given how complex their code is and how incredibly damaging they can be. Cars today _already_ struggle with that; some can be completely disabled in the time it takes to drive past someone on the highway. So what I'd really like to see is an emergency switch which, when flicked, does a few things: 1. Completely disables _all_ autonomous systems, through some kind of physical, hardware disconnect. I'm including modern smart systems, too -- things like ABS and the TPMS. 2. _Permanently_ disables them, at least to the extent that it's immediately obvious if it's been triggered, and maybe requires repair to reenable them. That way, no one can flip them off, do something bad, flip them back on, and claim the car's programming is busted. 3. Automatically calls emergency services to your location. This would be the only subsystem that remains active. That way, if your car suddenly goes haywire, you can flip off all the smart systems and retain control. This would, obviously, be a last resort, but as our cars depend on computers more and more, we _need_ to spend more time securing them, or it's only a matter of time before some evil person kills hundreds of people by remotely taking over their cars and crashing them. This emergency killswitch wouldn't be a perfect solution, obviously, but it's at least not disableable (software can be hacked en masse, but hardware can't) and it gives people the chance to avert disaster.

[@annamermaid2918]

Yup thank you!

[@TruthHurts1871]

4. Just Google Andrew Yang & vote for him. Problem solved!

[@briandiehl9257]

@@TruthHurts1871 are you a bot?

[@TruthHurts1871]

@@briandiehl9257 Please check the square below that has sheep.

[@superswingtrader5388]

Let me know when these cars can drive full autonomy in a winter storm

[@sx725]

These cars can because of lidar and the mapping. A vision approach may not be able to distinguish cars, lanes, etc.

[@lm5567]

Just one more reason why #yang2020 is an imperative

[@lizslp86]

Great idea!

[@ninocatacutan2779]

Just awesome!

[@dmax5722]

The single most significant life (energy, time, resource) saving technological advancement in modern history... One possible problem for car-less urban areas, emergency evacuations.

[@Natech108]

Andrew Yang addresses this technological revolution

[@ShanGamer1981]

Automated highway trucks thats scary

[@colorfulcodes]

Love this

[@bernardo6715]

Funny that all the problems they gave as reasons for why we should build autonomous cars (better safety, less congestion, access to mobility to the elderly and disabled) could much more easily be solved by investing in public transport like a public subway or rail system

[@TimothyNeu1986]

Good idea in theory. But building public rail is expensive & buses, while practical, don’t allow the full mobility of a small automobile. That said I wish my area had better public transportation.

[@bernardo6715]

@@TimothyNeu1986 it might be expensive initially but it is so much easier to build and even automate rail than trying to figure out how to automate a vehicle that can literally go in any direction, following traffic signs, road paitings, and light signals that are meant for humans, not computers. I think autonomous cars would be useful but it's funny watching Americans pretend they're the only solution to the problems cars have brought when public transport can also provide a solution to all those problems, without having to wait for cars to be reach a point where they can be fully automated.

[@bernardo6715]

@Trump 4 Prison 2020 of course, every subway system in the world required investment and infrastructure change. That doesn't mean that they weren't beneficial.

[@bernardo6715]

@Trump 4 Prison 2020 oh it's definitely feasible, if it wasn't then it wouldn't have been done so extensively in other countries after city growth.

[@wchi8391]

If you ever take a bus ride in LA you will know this is not the solution.

[@NathanDavisVideos]

Besides possible trial & errors where the hardware and software in these self-driving cars/automobiles fails and causes accidents; there is one problem that they didn't point out in this video involving self-driving cars/automobiles that I actually worry more about than self-driving cars replacing conventional drivers (or even the possibility of an AI takeover/uprising like seen in the terminator films). And that is the factor of *hackers!* Does ANYBODY take into consideration that these autonomous vehicles are easy for hackers to target and control them for some ransom or whatever reasons to kidnap people?

[@ramoncarrillo6467]

That’s what I tell everybody this Robot vehicles use a memory card hackers can go inside this computer so be careful

[@outmybitness]

This would be so cool!!!

[@CoordinatedCarry]

What about when these imaging systems get caked with snow or ice? How would these vehicles handle a car wash?

[@vacationboyvideos]

Cuts down on jobs for people! Not good

[@radman999]

Looking forward to the testing in snow and ice

[@chrisr897]

KWP yup, big issue.

[@johnnyroyal48]

people arent investing billions of dollars on automated cars and truck without considering all the what ifs

[@radman999]

@@johnnyroyal48 okay what a relief

[@swedenevguru8483]

@Tournel Henry biggest problem in My mind are sensors get Snow on them and cant work properly so that must be solved.

[@gino14]

@@swedenevguru8483 I feel you, but consider that aircraft have onboard and external sensors that deal with weather disruption on an extreme scale and they get along quite fine.

[@junrenong8576]

Fun fact. Tesla is technically correct on naming it "Autopilot" because by defination it's technically provides human assistance, without replacing human operators. In an airplane, pilots still have to be aware of their surroundings and instruments, and prepare to take control at anytime. Same thing as Tesla's Autopilot.

[@JJs_playground]

As somebody who likes driving fast, I'd hate to be driven in a self-driving car. It seems too slow and cautious. *But...* As somebody that loves technology I can't wait for self-driving.

[@chrisr897]

Shouldn’t airlines be worried about flights

[@themovietheatre]

Would like to see then during a snowstorm.

[@swedenevguru8483]

Yes have been nice to see testing in Sweden but America its easier with Canada

[@quiettornado1970]

30 years?I’ve been waiting for news on automic cars for 40 years. I for one will be glad that all cars are autonomous. Because I won’t be getting sideswiped by drivers while crossing the streets.

[@shiningsquirtle6392]

Robots are taking over every job and people are just sitting there letting it happen.

[@saulhernandez8620]

Andrew Yang 2020

[@blahber222]

#YANGGANG

[@Sashabanks.mercedesmone.]

I would say that you can take waymo anytime, it is so safe ❤

[@ADKaizenProductions]

I like how the police chief was pro AI driving cars, but won't the city lose money if they can't pull over citizens anymore? Vehicles that follow the rules = no tickets = find alternative funding.

[@georgemaherjr2290]

So what do we do when eventually every delivery service doesn’t need employees anymore?

[@massv953]

Enjoy our lives?

[@swedenevguru8483]

If you thinking on truck drivers the truck must be loaded and also some that deliver it and on Snow and ice and on mountains i dont se it solved yet. Humans needed for all that but Long distance between 2 destinations i think the people's on terminals Will solve that. But taxi and buss drivers are not a Good future proof job longer

[@lydiaanderson2870]

@Hello George Maher Jr, How are you doing?

[@andieznutz6438]

I got a interview for this job :( sadly I didn't get it

[@Moon___man]

5:45 the car was just about to turn too early lol

[@qalln-w272]

I am sure once it is alone people including hacker will trick it to make a mistake and it could be deadly

[@12gpm91]

Thanks for putting the exact date in the corner of the video. Appreciate it. Please do the same in future videos.

[@LazarusSlade]

...and People keeps laughing at Andrew Yang and its myth of the 4th industrial revolution! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

[@John-uz5qb]

AC because an automated system can be corrupted and crash. Or our infrastructure could collapse.

[@John-uz5qb]

Don’t be so naïve to think that something will be 100% workable.

[@IonorReasSpamGenerator]

You can replace taxi drivers in a city but hardly replace truck drivers within the current infrastructure that was build for decades if you actually know all of what it takes to drive a truck...

[@xsuploader]

@@John-uz5qb it does need to work 100% of the time. It just needs to do it at the same % as humans or higher on average to justify it. Humans arent close to 100%

[@DmanDaGr8]

That was a beautiful benz in the beginning

[@barringtonmorris90]

Neighborhood

[@nda6228]

Nice, this will make unique cars that auction off just double triple in value 🤑🤑🤑

[@shepherdsknoll8]

Is that really the future self driving car ? With that super structure on the roof, the spinning blue dome and spinning prisms on the sides , front and back ? ?