"And yet, here we are in 2023 and self driving cars still don’t work."
LOL. Someone should tell the California CPUC that:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827790/waymo-cruise-cpu...
LOL. Someone should tell the California CPUC that:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827790/waymo-cruise-cpu...
Getting drivers off the road will save lives, and not a small number. Most companies investing in automated driving have built a system that is safe and largely effective. These systems have worked safely in the places they've been deployed. We should be heavily investing in expanding their capabilities.
Yet Tesla's system is the most famous and most widely-deployed and basically doesn't work at all. They have made themselves the face of the technology, and that face is uuuuugly. When people think of self-driving cars, they don't think of Cruze or Waymo. They think of a techbro giggling at his Tesla making fart sounds while it barrels into someone's kitchen.
Tesla's marketing is correct in that self-driving cars will have huge economic benefits and save lives. Their grift is harming the reputation of even legitimate companies. The best way I know to speed up self-driving car development is to shut Tesla down.
Also, I'd like to note that geohot founded a self-driving car company, so I don't think he's ignorant on the topic.