PJ Vogt

A funny consequence of Waymo's long development cycle is that the public's attitude towards Silicon Valley has just really changed in that time.

There's more suspicion towards Google than there was back in 2009 when the project first started.

And so now, many people look at the Waymo driver with a raised eyebrow, with a question immediately on their lips.

Chapter five.

Are you a good driver?

A fleet of white electric Jaguars covered in 40 different sensors, cameras, radar, LiDAR.

It's an expensive car, as much as $150,000 by some estimates.

In the news stories, you see the inside, where the human driver would normally sit.

There's an empty seat you're not allowed in.

With a steering wheel in front of it, vestigial, it turns itself.

The TV newscasters always use the same gee whiz tone.

They can never resist a Jetsons reference.

In every city, the influencers happen to record testimonials for their daily serving of clout.

So in today's video, I'm about to take my first ever driverless car.

It's with an app called Waymo.

Waymo is basically driverless car Uber, where it's like ride service.

You call it, go wherever you need it to go, but there's no driver.

You guys, this is creepy.

It's like I'm being driven around by a ghost person.

It's a little terrifying.