hellothere , 6 months ago

I’m not sure why I feel the need to preface this comment, but, I work in software, I get how hard a problem autonomous driving is, how genuine safety improvements over human drivers are highly valuable, and how perfect need not be the enemy of good.

However, the level of sheer blind optimism from the AV crowd is the same as the AI “leaders” and the crypto bros before them. How their statements are not straight up fraud is beyond me.

The reality of them needing to have a remote team of drivers intervening every 2 to 5 miles of driving, within an urban setting very much designed for cars, is so far away from the picture they paint.

No wonder the tech industry has a dog shit reputation.