NBC News reporter test rides driverless taxi in Arizona

[@stevelouie5928]

So regular people don't block traffic randomly or cause hundreds of accidents a day?

[@seenuhello1]

They do, but usually because they are high and they intend to. Not because they are too unintelligent to know what's going on.

[@stevelouie5928]

@@seenuhello1 There are plenty of unintelligent drivers out there that should not have a drivers license!

[@wadexyz]

The bar for autonomous vehicle safety must be much, much higher than a person. I could try to explain why, but the comment section of KZbin isn't really the place to do that.

[@stevelouie5928]

@@wadexyz The bar for humans are pretty low. I mean, look at all those drunk and impaired drivers out there. Not to mention those looking on their phones or putting on their make up!

[@telekommandant]

"Where am I?" - "You are in a Johnnycab."

[@Neukids]

It is not safer than EVERY human driver but is MUCH SAFER THAN 95% of human drivers.

[@2011Azure]

More like 99%.

[@wadexyz]

You can make a statistic say anything. We're seeing some reports of the new Telsa FSD that are not encouraging. I'm not anti autonomous driving, but staying cautious is the only path forward. There is no need to rush it, and our economy couldn't handle a quick transition anyway (i.e. - Uber drivers suddenly have no work)

[@Neukids]

@@wadexyz True, but even with same total miles IT IS much safer. Look up! 20 times LESS, not zero. Also, chariot makers are not in business now either.

[@BillyBobby123]

Way safer than an average AZ human driver 😂😂 get on the i10 and tell me different

[@JohnJay-yd9hr]

Waymo does not go on express ways yet.

[@striker44]

Phoenix is mostly sunny, has flat topography, and with wide lanes, is easier to navigate than SF or other cities, which are harder to navigate. Hence, fast proliferation.

[@wadexyz]

They are in SF as well, of course.

[@bexbee2]

You may have forgot the part where there was like not a car in sight! What was it a Sunday morning or something

[@christ3133]

We were driving in Phoenix June 21 from Mesa, a Waymo was standing still in a construction zone of the original road that cars were not supposed to be on, not the bypass. Everyone was slowing down to watch it. A police officer was trying to deal with it, not the same footage/road on this news report. I was a passenger in one back in April, made sure my seat belt was fastened. As in the words of the Jurassic Park "God help us, we're in the hands of engineers", lol. Humans...

[@Andres_Acosta]

Wow one inconvenience vs how many killed by human drivers per day? Yeah humans lol you’re right.

[@striker44]

An SF reporter did a similar ride report last year. Was fun to watch.

[@bobstirling6885]

Do you think its safer?.....I think it will be sometime in the future.....that gives confidence.

[@moremoola]

I can't wait for them to get to Las Vegas and the rest of the country honestly! You no longer need to own a car! Huge savings!

[@missypooh1109]

I said the same thing!!! Yes!!!

[@Elaba_]

Can you show how it drives up to a running truck? Is Bonnie back?

[@photorealm]

I live in Phoenix and see these cars all the time, for every accident they do thousands of miles very smooth. This tech will save a lot of lives but is an extraordinarily complicated problem to solve, going to take some time, very happy Phoenix sees that and allowed them to run these cars here. Going to lunch with friends in a waymo tomorrow for my first driverless ride. Meeting at one friends house then summoning the car so we can all take the ride, it says it can take 4 riders.

[@bexbee2]

I noticed on the article one thing it did say was. It goes to an airport. That's about the only thing automotive cars are good for! Running a shuttle loop, around a predicted road. With no other cars and no other distractions around a privately owned & closed area or land!

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

How was it?

[@photorealm]

@@LarsRyeJeppesen It was actually great. No apprehension about no driver, the car drove perfect. And it was cheaper than Uber or Lyft and no tipping. Waymo will always be my first choice now if I need a ride. I amagine the hrill goes away after a few rides but it was on my bucket list

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

@@photorealm thanks, sounds great

[@EikeEnki]

2:20 Waimo you're in the wrong way 😂😂😂😂

[@christinecamley]

Loved my Waymo car rises in San Francisco!! Great video!!

[@orioguy9]

The reasonable conclusion is humans and robots both have their strengths and weaknesses. At the moment, which strength or weakness is worst or best is as difficult to measure as which choice of major a student should decide on.

[@movierun]

The mayor: "Yeah...I think this WILL be safer than a human driver EVENTUALLY." LOL. There was an uncomfortable pause and awkwardness in that moment when both gals realized that she basically just said they were presently in a dangerous vehicle. Also, why are they asking the MAYOR? Shouldn't they be picking up an engineer or tech person to address this issue. Would you ask the Mayor of Munchkin City, or the Mayor of Mayberry about the technical proficiency of AI-driven cars? (Awww...gee Andy, I don't know...I reckon they seem OK to me).

[@wanderinglife1142]

How much did google paid her.? 😂😂😂

[@wadexyz]

Waymo has a lot of guardrails that minimize the risk, so I'm not sure it's accurate to say "they were presently in a dangerous vehicle". Risk is a continuum. What might be more accurate is the risk cannot be determined.....there is no way to quantify it at the moment (and yes, I'm aware of all of the stats that have been thrown out there on autonomous driving, but we know a lot of those have been cooked, and the conditions keep changing so quickly, historical data is nearly meaningless anyway)

[@movierun]

​@@wadexyz I'm not so sure guardrails would make me feel safe. There are plenty of other ways to be injured or even die in a car without going off the side of the road.

[@hdtravel1]

I love WAYMO - this is the future

[@thewatcher5822]

Automation is the future. But I don't think it will be Waymo.

[@7sonero7]

Check the fine print in the user agreement. You are a Waymo passenger at your own risk .

[@wadexyz]

They can put whatever they want in there, doesn't mean it'll hold up in court.

[@7sonero7]

@wadexyz Either way, you'll be paying a more than grateful lawyer .🤑

[@sghol5725]

Bring them to New York 😅

[@josearias306]

I like them because they are Jaguars too

[@adamhuffman3354]

Put your mind at ease and let A.I do all the work!

[@dwj9099]

Uber, Lyft, taxi drivers your days are numbered.

[@Makeusqueak]

AI will make most of us obsolete.

[@orioguy9]

@dwj9099 think about how long the taxi reigned before the uber came along. How does that compare to how long the uber will reign before the waymo? What could follow the waymo, and how long should it take to claim its throne?

[@pzak5927]

A1 is going to destroy mankind like m5 did on the enterprise

[@lilyor516]

A ver quien los va a llevar una cuadrito más por q la dirección q pusieron esta mal …

[@absarashraf1808]

What's the future of human drivers?

[@Finder1175]

reporter-"why is this working so well here in pheonix?" mayor - " I think we have been very open ( to alphabet/googles money) " end of interview

[@alisonyahna8041]

Another machine replacing human jobs. That taxi drivers having even a worse day because he lost his job to a robot and doesn’t have a paycheck to take care of his family now.

[@stephendabroski9159]

Imagine these trying to drive in nyc....no shot

[@Campfire_fishing]

Its still a machine...you never know who hacks it and take you where...women do you feel safe now

[@MistyannMccann]

I want to be with another , just like me , together sharing this ride .

[@xalspaero]

I'm all for this but skeptical that it's ready for deployment. I'll be skipping this beta test for now.

[@zerocool911]

Mayor dont get how many people out of work .. what a great mayor .. she dont care about her people

[@wadexyz]

she has to balance the pros/cons for all citizens of Phoenix, not just Uber/Lyft drivers

[@테스트유튜브배우-x5c]

웨이모가 어디로 갈지 모르는 상태에 있다고해서 문제가 없어. 왜냐면 원격으로 관리하는 사람들이 경로를 지정해주고 문제를 해결해줘. 무슨 문제가 생기면 못 움직인다던지, 이런것은 잘못된 조작 연출이다. 어떠한 일 무스누 문제가 생겨도, 웨이모 자율주행차는, 관리하는사람들이 원격으로 문제가 생기면 연락을 받아서, 해결을해. 돌발 상황에서 원격으로 조정이 가능하다. 그리고 이런 자율주행 운영한지는 오래됐어. 왜 허락을 안하는지 모르겠어. 미국이 이상한거야. 미국이 기술이 있는데, 친기업 자유시장경제 외치면서 이 기술을 허락을 안해주고 막고있어. 3d프린터 주택처럼, 주택 공급이 많아지면 부동산 시장이 무너질까봐, 3d프린터 주택을 막고있는것처럼, 이것도 막고있어. 어떻게 옳은가? 옳지 않다. 결국 뒤쳐지면 중국이 따라잡을꺼다. 미국은 왜 잘못된길로 갈려고하지?

[@BoyTheBlack]

are you AI?...

[@yoshiramar1992]

Nonething stoping Korea from doing their own self driving car. Who cares what China does

[@AWAKENING-ur5pc]

You see the woman isn't answering the questions directly you have to be a FOOL to get in one

[@pb7379-j2k]

You are far safer inside one than crossing the street in front of one

[@NathanT87]

There are better stories put together by regular people regarding this subject. NBC is terrible.

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

If it can't pass a drivers test then it shouldn't be on the road PERIOD!

[@striker44]

It took the dmv tests and passed the first time.

[@ALLforROME]

TWEAKERS BE ROLLIN' BOWLS ON THE WAY TO THE DOPE HOUSE 🎉

[@Lex1uth3r]

$1k bet that it never works in the NYC metro area in our lifetime.

[@striker44]

One fine day the mayor will say, "As we bit adieu to our memorable yellow cabs that defined NYC, we welcome the driverless cars into NYC 2.0"."

[@karmafairy351]

NBC news, why can't I watch the June 25 full broadcast? Why aren't full broadcasts available to people from outside of the US???

[@greglitrell7097]

Waymo is not safer

[@lanabyk8012]

What about a big red EMERGENCY OFF button? Where iz dat? (Underneath the car, maybe?)

[@shadowsnake3867]

This is good however, you can't rely on it as any internet or technical problems it will be dangerous. It should a backup safety system by manual or complete stop to automatically call a replacement or assistance. If the sensors fails or rain or fog may hinder it.

[@pennytrui1149]

It uses many sensors to drive it isn't like a tesla it can see in total darkness, fog and rain because of the lidar sensor and radar, sensor. Plus it also uses 29 camera's it has a secondary computer in the car if the primary one fails so I think waymo got it covered if something happens

[@shadowsnake3867]

@@pennytrui1149 it doesn't matter if you have sensors everything wears out as well. What if waymo's back up control happens to have a surge. The only way to make this work with less potential of risk is building something like the true recall movie a robot to be activated to take control of the wheel. You can put as many sensors there but exposure to outside elements wears them down. The other way is completely eliminate the ability of people to drive and you can set up everything to centralized in a single system. This would lessen the burden of relying on sensors. The sensor and AI function even failed to recognize a police and its gestures or voice. Tesla fails due to their focus of speed and if the car is moving too fast the sensors fails or their brakes gets worn out too fast due to how fast it is with you constantly breaking. However, Tesla still shows better results than waymo at the moment.

[@pennytrui1149]

@@shadowsnake3867 um there's literally a video of waymo listening and reading signs of a police officer lol. Waymo has driven for years without any crashes meanwhile just yesterday I was in the news fsd drove onto a train track 💀. So I'm not sure it's doing better

[@shadowsnake3867]

@@pennytrui1149 what it literally said waymo is declining to comment on the specific incidents. Just because waymo is operational doesn't mean it's doing well. If they are really confident on their product they would not even just hide it on a single controlled areas and a news reporter that they can control the questions or what they can show. A real one would go to tech expo be in the open with live demonstration, questions without control, and pinned against another developer. Being on the news is playing safe. If you do ratio and proportion of course tesla would out do waymo accidents as tesla is all over the world. Why won't waymo do the same thing. Simple you need control so any pr nightmare it's easier to put out on a mini state. If they are confident put it on new york, Los Angeles and Tokyo Japan one of the busiest cities and let's see how those sensors and AI can do.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Found the clueless arm chair expert.

[@AyushVerma-bi1me]

Wowowowo brilliant we landed in future

[@mx2411]

How much for a waymo ride? Except it’s a lot cheaper than human drivers, I’d rather to take a car driven by a human.😅

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Ditto that. I'm not taking a driverless car. Ever. It's the principle of the thing. With more robots taking over human jobs what job is left for humans that used to be cab, Lyft or Uber drivers?

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

I feel opposite.

[@bauch16]

AI is the best WE need to accelerate

[@wadexyz]

why?

[@bauch16]

@@wadexyz because it can fix cancer etc

[@wadexyz]

@@bauch16 too many ppl on the planet as is

[@bauch16]

@@wadexyz are u stupid

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

Corporate profits over peoples lives at its finest.

[@테스트유튜브배우-x5c]

자율주행차의 목표는 사고가 0건이 아니야. 인간보다 적으면 자율주행을 해도 돼. 사고를 0건으로 만들라는것은 불가능해. 인간의 사고율보다 낮으면 해도 돼. 0건으로 만들어서 서비스하라는것은 불가능해. 그리고 인간이 졸음운전이나, 음주운전이나, 스마트폰 사용하다 생기는 사고나, 수많은 사고보다, 자율주행이 훨씬 안전해. 이미 인간보다 사고율이 낮아. 그리고 싸지. 미국이 다른 운전자들의 직업을 잃는것때문에 막고있는거지. 미국이 자유시장경제 친기업이라는것은 거짓말이다. 불행하게도 미국도 결국에는 중국처럼한다. 자유시장경제 친기업 떠들지만, 결국 다 막고있어. 자유시장경제 자본주의는 없는거야. 미국이 스스로 증명하고 있다.

[@maxinewest1326]

Robo taxi, just remove people from jobs.

[@thewatcher5822]

Its called progress.

[@dmitryletov8138]

​@@thewatcher5822 it is called capitalism

[@thewatcher5822]

@@dmitryletov8138 well yes, that is driving progress. But you can't stop progress. No matter what system you use.

[@pb7379-j2k]

@@thewatcher5822 The supreme court did

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

I am quite unconvinced. I have no plans to take a driverless cab anywhere. I'll walk before I take one of these rides. And why is it that for the first part of the report on Waymo in Phoenix we never get a good look at the steering wheel with the empty seat. The one look at the steering wheel is a close up of just the wheel. I felt like I as a viewer was being intentionally misled. This was a very unconvincing video of the driverless car.

[@DavidSomers-i5h]

This is total bulshit, a brain would tell you that you don't put anything on a road or Highway until it's been proven

[@zoneout00]

Ur total bs 😂

[@pb7379-j2k]

Except every single human driver, you mean

[@maplenerd22]

You really are this clueless aren't you. You do realize we put every single beginner human drivers on the a road before they have been proven right??? Please tell me you're smarter than this.

[@raygordon3728]

A computer doesn't care if you live or die. Unfortunately, it will take a preventable fatality for these cars to get off of the road.

[@pb7379-j2k]

It should take more than that. over 100 people per day in the US alone die from car crashes with those "safe" human drivers

[@striker44]

Cities will only be designed or redesigned for autonomous vehicles. Safety will increase multifolds. When planes fly and land safely with autopilot and ILS, why not other modes of transportation?

[@Izzy_Gtz]

These cars can be aware of a lot more stuff that I can, I see a safer future and lots less fatalities in the long run. It will take a little while, but I believe it's gonna be much faster than I anticipate.

[@MoonDog991]

Taking jobs at it's finest.

[@rgen28]

unsolicited comments.. I mean come on. just ignore it. geez

[@pawelpow]

Are you serious?

[@dilligaf700]

Why has it got a steering wheel, if it don't need a driver. ?

[@skillsandhonor4640]

it should have a steering wheel you can jump in the passenger seat and drive it and breaks and accelerator so you can steer it if it goes off course . it would be nice if you could talk to the car as well

[@_____case]

They test new versions of the software with safety drivers who need to be able to take over if necessary. Future versions may not have steering wheels at all.

[@erickottke9673]

I love these but I'd rather have controls you can grab just in case

[@striker44]

​@erickottke9673, but then the next gen wouldn't know how to drive.

[@wadexyz]

Tesla's robotaxis don't have them. So I could see Waymo moving that way too, eventually.

[@joriginal-z9j]

Given what a wonderful democracy America is, when is the vote to decide if the people actually want these cars in their community? Or is it just another case that the right senator got the right amount of money to just force it into everyday life?

[@PeterSedesse]

We don't vote on every health issue directly. If you don't like the decision the mayor made, vote her out. Or at least call her office and voice your opinion. Waymo has accident rates 1/100 that of your fellow drivers.

[@Pigeon6666]

Representative democracy and States’ rights. We don’t personally vote in every issue in every state. I don’t think any country does that.

[@striker44]

Your grandpa put the horse carriage drivers out of work by getting a car.

[@donarrivas1675]

Wel, well, well, ... Be careful, the carjsck or carthief might be just loving it also. The belly up will do the tricks.

[@plantmanstudios]

We don't have the technology to make these cars safe. I wouldn't use the car service for another 5 to 10 years

[@wadexyz]

I think that's a reasonable position.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

I simply object to humans being replaced by driverless cars as if there a lot of people willing to drive for companies like Lyft or Uber.

[@pompommania]

No thank you. And I wouldn't take jobs away from humam beings.

[@daydreamer8373]

its called progress.

[@2ferone86]

The reporters seem ok with it. Will they feel the same when AI reporters become a thing? Answer: LOL no, that will be different 😂

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

I can imagine a day when a robot reporter gets a Waymo car to report on the experience. 🙄. I'm half joking, but it sounds like an idea for a movie?!

[@Campfire_fishing]

Soooooo its good for gays😂😂😂😂

[@evansteinman]

Anyone can BUY OCP stock!

[@Silentkilla13]

Total divisional flop. Looks half Russian and half Swiss. Bottom line - this is easily becoming an AIRR mission in the middle of the night 😭

[@salvadorbravo4187]

I ❤ Valerie

[@karensback]

And in Afri ca they're still living in 🛖 lol I'm glad they built America 😂 *NOT*