Guys in the Philippines aren’t driving those cars live. Ping between SF and Manila is ~200ms or about a 5th of a second which on top of human reaction time would not be adequate. This is about getting cars unstuck when they get stuck between an obstruction and violating traffic law.
You do realize that means they are live driving the car, maybe not 100% of the time, but waymo is having unlicensed drivers operating vehicles on US roads.
Additionally, this means they have people in another country taking over the cars when things failed and are potentially in a dangerous situation (where the ping might be a bigger issue).
Overall, we get big corporations able to skirt laws and pay people less money.
I think what its ‘about’ is painting outsourcing as ‘innovation’. There really does need to be a sort of service tax for businesses that use operators outside the legal reach of local jurisdictions.
Guys in the Philippines aren’t driving those cars live. Ping between SF and Manila is ~200ms or about a 5th of a second which on top of human reaction time would not be adequate. This is about getting cars unstuck when they get stuck between an obstruction and violating traffic law.
You do realize that means they are live driving the car, maybe not 100% of the time, but waymo is having unlicensed drivers operating vehicles on US roads.
Additionally, this means they have people in another country taking over the cars when things failed and are potentially in a dangerous situation (where the ping might be a bigger issue).
Overall, we get big corporations able to skirt laws and pay people less money.
I think what its ‘about’ is painting outsourcing as ‘innovation’. There really does need to be a sort of service tax for businesses that use operators outside the legal reach of local jurisdictions.