No, it doesn't, because their program sucked from the start, worse than most, and even if they were the best self-driving car program, Uber's has only been around for a few years and so is not a valid counterexample to the claim '7 years won't make a difference'. It sure does seem to've for Waymo.
The same person (Levandowski) worked at Uber. So all his knowledge went to Uber too, obviously. They didn't start at point zero.
Ah yeah just so you know there is a lot more to building a self driving car system than the general knowledge held in the head of the lead engineer. It is unlikely that he would have known even a tenth of the systems involved in the waymo program at a level of detail required to quickly replicate them.
You mean the person who was fired almost as soon as he got there and which the trial showed had near-zero contribution?
All I get from this is that Levandowski and his actions are dangerous for humans.