[actinium226]

> Waymo was frequently mocked that they are heavily geofenced, and “it cannot drive anywhere”-mentality. I have to say that I was also a subscriber to this camp and it seemed like universal “no map”-approach was to go. I was cheering for Tesla Autopilot team.

I never thought this argument made much sense because that's not really how humans work. If you take someone who's an excellent driver in NYC and plop them in SF they'll need some time to learn the streets before they can be a really good driver in SF.

For sure they'll be able to navigate safely, but perhaps not well, and I don't want my robotaxi making a wrong turn onto a 1-way street or missing a turn.

Can a neural net be trained to drive well in NYC, SF, and elsewhere? Maybe, but why wait until it's perfect everywhere before starting somewhere?