TV journalist documents wild ride inside Waymo self-driving car in San Francisco

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Recommends fragmede · 2023-12 · on “On being wrong about AI”

I summon a Waymo car every few days, and it takes me from point A to point B for about the same price as an Uber or Lyft. This only works so long as point A and B are both in San Francisco, but for an average person in San Francisco with access to the app, self-driving cars are already here. You can argue that person isn't average for a number of reasons, but the cars are real and giving rides to members of the general public. [this video] is a news reporter's video of taking a ride in one, so you can see what it's like to ride in one. She's a news reporter and thus not your average person because she has access to Waymo because she's a reporter, but members of the general public are also getting

Cites rapind · 2023-10 · on “California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment”

Maybe this is a fluke, but a few months ago an ABC reporter documented her Waymo ride and it had a couple goof ups. [this video] Ultimately, I don't think the driving screw ups were that big of a deal (just my opinion). The big deal though is the moronic lack of customer support. How hard is it really to have a customer support staff a phone call away that can reassure the customer and either debug the issue to get them sorted out or at least offer alternatives. It would do so much to improve the users perception. So, typical Google... Phenomenal engineering, and horrible customer service. Maybe it was a just hit piece though and they cut out some contextual video? No idea.

Critical gambiting · 2023-07 · on “Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones”

Then there is lady who highlights fundamental issues with the way these vehicles operate. This isn't a teething problem that will be resolved with an OTA - it shows the tech isn't ready to be used on public streets and probably shouldn't ever be. [this video]

Critical paganel · 2023-10 · on “California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment”

Based on this recent-ish YT [1] video Waymo is also crap, just as Cruise is, as any car that stops at a green light, on the left-lane, is a danger to all the other drivers it shares the road with. [1] [this video]

Critical freediver · 2024-01 · on “Self-driving as a case study for AGI”

I too did not realize Waymo is operating in SF and looked for some videos on YT and found this. It paints not so rosey picture about it: [this video]