Recent content by Daniel in SD

Can't use L3 if you're drunk.

Had to get rid of all the CNNs…

Maybe they really are gating the release of V12.4 on Chuck's turn? 10x fewer interventions would be great progress (though probably need 100,000x fewer for Robotaxi.) I wonder how many times in a row Chuck could do it without crashing.

Waymo is liable when their test drivers crash too (same as any other company employing drivers.) I think you can assume the Waymo Driver would have had a collision whenever they say “shortly”. The paper where they looked at all the collisions they had in Phoenix didn’t describe any cases where...

You’re going to look pretty dumb when a FOIA request shows that the NHTSA is requiring FSD to stop 10 feet behind the line.

New vehicle! Hopefully this will fix the bad training data problem. I think Chuck also has a Model Y.

They said the car ran the red light because of human error by remote assistance. Clearly remote assistance changes what the Waymo Driver is allowed to do.

The Zoox robotaxi does not have a front and back. https://zoox.com/vehicle

Yeah that’s obviously not true though. For example we know that remote assistance can run red lights. However I’m not saying they intend to have remote assistance be able to run into a telephone pole. I’m saying I could see remote assistance code being way more likely to have bugs.

Obviously it should still be functioning. Lots of ways to screw up programming. Maybe the transition between autonomous and remote assistance maneuver has a bug. Maybe remote assistance can give the car authority to hit stationary objects in some cases (low tree branch? Tumbleweed? Balloon?)...

Yeah. I’m just saying it’s much more likely for there to be bug in fleet response mode than normal autonomous mode. Figuring out where to stop to pick people up is something Waymo and Cruise have struggled with. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s one of the most common causes of fleet response.

My guess is the Waymo was using remote assistance and there is a bug that allowed it hit the poll. They’ve driven 7 million driverless miles without any other known collisions with fixed object so it seems unlikely it was in its normal operating mode.

Watching the video of the actual remote interface I don't really see any significant lag. This could just be an artifact of a fun demo mode (obviously you can't actually pause real life).

Thanks, wasn't too bad. Very tired and achy for a few days with low level fever. I assume one these "flirt" variants are what got me (right at the yearly low point for circulation!).

Just got Covid for the first time last week so 0% effective as far as I'm concerned. :p Last year they presented a bunch of data on the previous vaccine when they were approving the new one.