It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines
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During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Always had a suspicion, but its nice to know that you can just generally assume the worst about a technology these days.

  • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is standard operating procedure for contingencies in all autonomous vehicle systems. Baidu does this as well, as does every major robotaxi provider. It is significantly more concerning if they didn’t have human drivers to send commands if the navigation fails.