[stavarotti]

I had my first ride in a Waymo car today. Despite closely following the field, nothing prepared me for the sheer magic of it. It just worked. After my fourth ride in a single day, all I could think was "hot damn!." It's easy to forget that, for most people, this is still the stuff of science fiction. Does it have room to improve? Sure. But today's experience was fantastic. I'm eager to see testing in my medium-sized Midwestern city (with all the snowy goodness). Also, the roads in SF are wild. I used to think Omaha streets were chaotic, but every visit to SF reminds me how much I appreciate the space and sprawl back home.

[czl]

Mechanical turk chess was also amazing in its day so I do wonder how often there is a remote human driver vs not. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Getting semi-automated remote driving working at scale is an accomplishment.