@vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoAfter 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human driversarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1703arrow-down140
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minus-squareDomilinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-22 months 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 CanidlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months 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-square@xthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months 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.