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by teatro 76 days ago
Aren’t Waymo‘s 5% covered by some people in the Philippines? [1] And aren’t they still failing occasionally? [2]

[1](https://www.techspot.com/news/111233-waymo-admits-autopilot-...) [2] (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/waymo-pro...)

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>Aren’t Waymo‘s 5% covered by some people in the Philippines? [1]

If you look at waymo's prior blog posts, you'll realize that the people in Philippines aren't making split second decisions that was implied by "you’re not going to pay as much attention as you should".

https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response

>And aren’t they still failing occasionally? [2]

What's the failure rate of humans? For both AI drivers and coders, if they make less mistakes than humans, that's still a win.

> What's the failure rate of humans?

5x more than Waymos, last I saw.