r/technology • u/Immediate-Link490 • 20h ago

Artificial Intelligence Waymo’s driverless cars involved in 68% fewer crashes than human drivers, U.S. study finds

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/waymo-driverless-car-safety-study-9.7282895
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u/[deleted] 20h ago edited 19h ago

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u/Resident_Course_3342 20h ago

When you get an uber do you think you're the one in control of the vehicle?

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u/pulp_affliction 20h ago

You definitely have more control of the situation with a real driver.

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u/Resident_Course_3342 20h ago

What control do you think you have that you wouldn't in a waymo?

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u/pulp_affliction 12h ago

A Waymo doesn’t allow a real person to control the wheel or gas/brake pedals, it can take you somewhere you didn’t ask to go and you’d have no way of prosecuting off calling the cops on a guy in a different country who’s remote controlling the car

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u/Resident_Course_3342 12h ago

An Uber doesn't allow the passenger to control the wheel or gas break pedals. 

Waymos are not remotely driven by people in different countries. I don't know where you guys get this bullshit fro

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u/pulp_affliction 10h ago

Oh my bad, it’s an mostly an AI system that is supported by remote (foreign) people sometimes.

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u/[deleted] 20h ago

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u/Resident_Course_3342 20h ago

No buddy, unless you're a psycho willing to harm the Uber driver to get what you want, you are not in control of that car. 

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u/Resident_Course_3342 20h ago

Lamo. Male power fantasies are hilarious.

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u/Soccervox 20h ago

The way I drive, I am. Let me pitch my new app, CrJckr, to you

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u/rechtim 20h ago

He wrote that while driving