my friend bought a ride from a waymo for shits and giggles. i was actually intrigued about how the car made decisions on its own and sorta nerd sniped me to learn more about machine learning (not llms).
there’s probably some evil thing the self driving car companies are doing that im not aware of, but I was just interested in the ML aspect.
They’re awesome. Totally awesome. Until they go wrong.
But then you can call another one to come get you.
I’ve used the Waymos a bunch in travels. The only real irritating thing is that they will often take a VERY long way around. Not shortest route but one they have mapped betteri guess. Otherwise I love it. No driver talking to me, no tip, pick my music, flip off the cameras,it’s great.
All the other gimcrack bullshit aside, the Tesla full self drive is pretty amazing. And fast charging. If they made a Toyota that did those two things only, it would sell like hotcakes at a Waffle House in a hurricane.