New video incoming! Your feedback appreciated
Added 2021-07-22 14:28:33 +0000 UTC
Hi All,
This new video should be out in a day or two (all going well) so I'd love to get your opinion on title and thumbnail. If you have other suggestions, please put them in the comments below. Thanks again for your input - whether a video gets seen depends so heavily on this single image and title.
Best,
Derek
Comments
New Yorkers have always done that, that's what makes us New Yorkers... We are not stupid, but I think there will be a more efficient and effective traffic pattern in NY if there are lots of autonomous taxis moving around... and please, just ask the cops to stay of of traffic management...
2021-08-26 04:23:25 +0000 UTCFor New Yorkers, it feels like a different question. Sure, an autonomous vehicle is safer than a sleep-deprived taxi/Uber/Lyft driver. It’s a matter of the gridlock issue. Imagine the new autonomous world as a pedestrian or manual driver. You know an autonomous vehicle is engineered not to hit you. In traffic, nobody will ever let a Waymo car merge in front of them. When at a crosswalk seeing a bunch of Waymo cars approaching, New Yorkers would just cross even at the “don’t walk” signal knowing the cars likely won’t hit them. Real drivers would run red lights more if they see their “opponent” is an autonomous vehicle that will slow/stop even if they have the right of way. Drivers for a ride service are already aggressive drivers, and how do you think they will treat their Waymo counterparts? There’s no way riding in a Waymo will ever get you to your destination faster because it won’t be as aggressive, and if prices are roughly equal, I think many New Yorkers would choose speed.
Peter
2021-07-25 18:46:10 +0000 UTCNow having watched the video, my main concern are fleet wide exploits. This concern not only applies to self driving vehicles, but all vehicles connected to an outside network (like the internet) that also are fully controlled by computer systems (essentially cars, where throttle, brake and steering wheel are not mechanically connected to their functions directly but are only digital inputs to a computer system controlling the actual car). Because this means, if a remote exploit is found, that can control the car's functions, it can be used to remotely control every single car of that model or even an entire line of models at once, which is just a really terrifying thought, especially if you couple that with terrorism. From my experience, fully fortifying an IT system against intrusion and takeover isn't achievable in practice with even slightly complex systems.
Max Bruckner
2021-07-24 20:39:06 +0000 UTC
