Why do you find it so cool? Genuinely asking. I find this technology repulsive.
Traffic fatalities are one of the top 3 causes of death for kids in the US (iirc it's right behind firearms).
And, as an avid pedestrian and cyclist (and as a driver), the more humans we get off the road, the better.
It seems like you’re into using new technology like AI, based on the success you’ve had using it:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49162724 > I've recently been into AI and orchestration and have set up some pretty neat systems and side projects :)
Or maybe you think autonomous cars are as evil as AI:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49644738 > There is no room for nuance. AI is capitals access to our labour. It's evil. The end.
Your views on technology sure are interesting, to say the least.
First, my only interaction with a waymo was while driving in a low traffic location and it started with me having to be extra evasive with it's cautious style shifting into it deciding to pass me despite my safe but assertive driving normal stance.
Second, lots of people (myself included) remember the talk 5-7 years ago around autonomous cars and how the leaders of such companies were talking of futures where nobody (but the ultra rich, of course) would actually own a car and everyone would just use these autonomous car services.
Where that breaks down is how the surveillance state makes the average person worry how every trip could be tracked and used against them somehow or outright denied...
But also everyone sees how once vendors have a captive market they get squeezed.