Benjamin Ross on Nostr: Waymo (aka Google) admits that it trains its robotaxis to break the law. When WaPo ...
Waymo (aka Google) admits that it trains its robotaxis to break the law. When WaPo reporter finds robotaxis fail to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalk 70% of the time, Waymo says it follows "social norms" rather than laws.
Expert explains: When robotaxis obey law, they don't go fast enough to compete successfully with Uber, so Google execs ordered engineers to ignore laws.
https://wapo.st/3ZZDifmPublished at
2024-12-30 13:12:31Event JSON
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