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Just about a year and a half too late for https://longbets.org/712/ https://longbets.org/712/ Although from the article, it sounds like this might not be servi
by ricree 1y ago
Just about a year and a half too late for https://longbets.org/712/ https://longbets.org/712/
Although from the article, it sounds like this might not be servicing a wide enough area to win the bet even if the time was extended a couple years.
- dingnuts 1y agono the bet is lost on every count 1 it's not fully autonomous, there's a remote operator 2 not a wide enough service area as defined in the bet 3 it's a pilot program, also excluded in the bet 4 it's also a year late and the bet is very much still lost lol but we're going to have self driving cars by 2015 guys!
- wedn3sday 1y agoIs the remote operator actually driving under normal conditions, or do they just step in during an exigent circumstance?
- SpaceNoodled 1y agoThe latter.
- Agraillo 1y agoThe latter, there's an article about this particularly [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/03/technology/zoox-self-driving-cars-remote-control.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/03/technology/zo...
- finolex1 1y agoThis specific bet is very targeted, but we do absolutely have commerciallly available self-driving cars in 2025 in several cities, and the list of cities is rapidly expanding. An 8-10 year delay from expectations is not too bad all things considered.