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Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City

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597 points achristmascarl | 2 comments | 22 Aug 25 17:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.469s | source
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TulliusCicero ◴[22 Aug 25 17:30 UTC] No.44987256[source]▶
It's fascinating seeing all the comments elsewhere anytime Waymo starts testing in another city along the lines of, "ah, but how will they handle X, Y, and Z here?? Checkmate, robots!" despite having already launched service in several other cities.

Granted, NYC is the biggest city in the US, so maybe that sort of reaction is more reasonable there than when people in Dallas or Boston do it.

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1. hardwaregeek ◴[22 Aug 25 17:36 UTC] No.44987316[source]▶
Yeah I’m skeptical that robots will ever be perfect drivers but the bar isn’t perfect it’s better than human and that’s certainly possible.
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2. TulliusCicero ◴[22 Aug 25 17:50 UTC] No.44987479[source]▶
Yup, the data so far seems to indicate that Waymo is substantially safe than average drivers. Obviously it's not inclusive yet since the tech is still new (and while the study I'm thinking of was done by a third party, it's still Waymo that handed over the data and paid them to analyze it).