vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoAfter 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human driversarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up1699arrow-down140
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minus-squareDomi@lemmy.secnd.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 days agoI thought the human operators only step in when the emergency button is pressed or when the car gets stuck? Do they actually get driven by people in normal operation?
minus-squareCurious CanidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·3 days agoThe claim is that the remote operators do not actually drive the cars. However, they do routinely “assist” the system, not just step in when there’s an emergency.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoI think they’ve got 1 person watching dozens of cars though, it’s not 1 per car like if there was human drivers.
I thought the human operators only step in when the emergency button is pressed or when the car gets stuck?
Do they actually get driven by people in normal operation?
The claim is that the remote operators do not actually drive the cars. However, they do routinely “assist” the system, not just step in when there’s an emergency.
I think they’ve got 1 person watching dozens of cars though, it’s not 1 per car like if there was human drivers.