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Waymos crash less than human drivers

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345 points rbanffy | 2 comments | 26 Mar 25 20:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.611s | source
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bmitc ◴[26 Mar 25 21:24 UTC] No.43487479[source]▶
False. Humans are driving in a much wider range range of weather, road conditions, car conditions, passenger conditions, routes, unknown destinations, etc.
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danpalmer ◴[27 Mar 25 00:07 UTC] No.43488993[source]▶
As this explains, these factors were controlled for.
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bmitc ◴[27 Mar 25 01:45 UTC] No.43489597[source]▶
Were these Waymo cars driving in Michigan during the winter or in Boston or New York?
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1. danpalmer ◴[27 Mar 25 02:55 UTC] No.43489967[source]▶
No, but neither were the humans being compared to. It's comparing a Waymo and a human driver, on the same road, in the same conditions, etc.
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2. bmitc ◴[27 Mar 25 13:54 UTC] No.43493689[source]▶
Right. So the point is that it's not a useful and practical result, and the title is indeed false and misleading.