It looks like Waymo is programmed to be aggressive, impatient, and wrong.
It wanted to turn left but was blocked on its front by cars waiting in the median. Instead of waiting for those to clear out, ít went ahead and turned left into the wrong way lane and could have had a head on collision if there were high speed inattentive right way drivers in that lane;
For years, we’ve heard tech nerds make a big deal about how once we get humans out from behind the controls of cars, robots will ensure there are no more accidents. We’ve never had such boundless faith in technology, so it doesn’t really surprise us that robotaxis in different US cities keep...
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