[ImPostingOnHN]

There's a world of difference between "driven remotely", which was your claim, and "autonomously operated, with a remote driver available to help, in case of exceptions and emergencies", which is reality.

Just like there's a world of difference between doing your kid's homework, which is viewed as unacceptable, and helping your kid with their homework, which is viewed as good parenting.

[doctorpangloss]

> autonomously operated, with a remote driver available to step in, in case of exceptions and emergencies

Listen to yourself...

Anyway, you're getting it. I guess we have to be there and see for ourselves how the parent was involved in the kid's homework, right? If Waymo has nothing to hide, by all means, let in the press to their remote driving center. What are they going to do, steal the source code?

[ra7]

What even is your allegation? That someone has a joystick in a remote center and they're directly controlling the vehicle? And they are doing it all in real-time over cellular networks?

This isn't remotely feasible unless you think Waymo has invented new concepts in physics.

[AlotOfReading]

Small point of clarification. It's not feasible to do it safely. It's absolutely feasible to do it well enough to provide the illusion of safety though. There's various companies (Nuro, Vay.io) teledriving vehicles on US public roads right now. Waymo and others simply don't do it because of the obvious safety issues.

[ImPostingOnHN]

Yes, that is what they are alleging with regards to Waymo.