An interview with Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov on Tesla fans' claims that Waymo's software relies on hand-coded rules, can't handle freeway driving, and more
I talked to Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEO of Waymo. — This evening, Elon Musk will take the stage in Los Angeles for an event titled “We Robot.”
Understanding AI Timothy B Lee
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Discussion
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@david_ingram
David Ingram
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“Waymo is likely getting ready to order thousands — and soon tens of thousands — of vehicles as it expands to new cities.” https://www.understandingai.org/ ...
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@davidneilhamilton.bsky.social
David Hamilton
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This article contains some great insights into the past technological/AI approaches used by Waymo & Tesla. — I'm not in 100% agreement with some of Timothy's conclusions (he glosses over the constraints that highly detailed mapping needs impose on Waymo) [embedded post]
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@joshcmorrison
Josh Morrison
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@MattBruenig This Tim Lee piece was quite good - https://www.understandingai.org/ ... — the pro-Tesla case is that Waymo's cars are expensive and it will be harder for them to scale up manufacture than it is for Tesla to figure out software — but agree Waymo is underhyped and Tes…
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@jordanmcgillis
Jordan McGillis
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Key point here from @binarybits: Tesla already has millions of vehicles ready to run its self-driving software once it's good enough; Waymo is trying to build a fleet from scratch, and that's going to be a slow and difficult process. https://www.understandingai.org/ ...
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r/SelfDrivingCars
r
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Elon Musk wants to dominate robotaxis—first he needs to catch up to Waymo