“Self-driving tech is not yet nimble enough to reliably handle the variety of situations human drivers encounter each day. It can usually handle suburban Phoenix, but it can’t duplicate the human chutzpah needed for merging into the Lincoln Tunnel in New York or dashing for an offramp on Highway 101 in Los Angeles.
‘You have to peel back every layer before you can see the next layer’ of challenges for the technology, said Nathaniel Fairfield, a Waymo software engineer who has worked on the project since 2009, describing some of the distractions faced by the cars.”
— Cade Metz, The New York Times (2021)
RE:SOURCES
- Metz, Cade; 2021. “The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues On. And On. And On.” The New York Times (subscription required). Posted May 24.
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