Comment by voidUpdate
Comment by voidUpdate 3 days ago
Is this a success? There was still an incident. I'd argue this was them being transparent about a failure
Comment by voidUpdate 3 days ago
Is this a success? There was still an incident. I'd argue this was them being transparent about a failure
> they also surely realize how much worse it would be if they tried to deny or downplay it.
Indeed. Waymo is a much more thoughtful and responsible company than Cruise, Uber, or Tesla.
"Cruise admits to criminal cover-up of pedestrian dragging in SF, will pay $500K penalty" https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/cruise-fine-criminal-cov...
They handled an unpredictable emergency situation better than any human driver.
Was it unpredictable? They drove past a blind corner (parked SUV) in a school zone. I'm constantly slowing down in these situations as I expect someone might run out at any second. Waymo seemed to default to the view that if it can't see anyone then nobody is there.
Being transparent about such incidents is also what stops them from potentially becoming a business/industry-killing failures. They're doing the right thing here, but they also surely realize how much worse it would be if they tried to deny or downplay it.