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I'm not as pessimistic. I think Google is taking its time since a bad accident would be a PR disaster. Given how big a deal this is, it makes sense for them to take it slowly, and I don't think we can read much into this in regards to the state of their self-driving tech.

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I think I agree with this take. Do we really think Waymo cars would be so cautious with merging if a Waymo crash were received with the same level of fanfare and financial repercussions as an ordinary commuter crash? I.e. a $1,000 financial hit and literally nobody cares.

Most of the "mistakes" in the video looked to me more like a hyper-cautious grandmother than an A.I. that fundamentally doesn't know how to drive.

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