[ra7]

The difference is you are in the driver's seat paying attention at all times and ready to intervene. That's the expectation set by the system.

It's the fundamental difference between partial autonomy and full autonomy.

[ronnier]

Waymo also has drivers. They are just remote and they intervene when needed. Waymois is also bound to highly mapped roads in a few cities.

Don’t get me wrong waymo is impressive, I use it as much as possible. The future looks amazing. Do you also agree Tesla’s self driving is impressive?

[ra7]

Well, we know exactly how Waymo's remote operators help out: https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response/. They can't prevent accidents in real time like the Tesla drivers do and can't "control" or "drive" the vehicles.

Tesla FSD is impressive for a driver assist system. But that's all it is — a driver assist. They need orders of magnitude improvement to match Waymo's performance and go driverless.