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Yeah.
One of the reasons why I've been tentatively positive about this progress is because of how many accidents there are and because how distracted and bad we are at driving, even though we are amazing, Alicia, to your point about the actual physicality of observing the world that we're in and that connection between our hands and our eyes being just grounded in, I don't know, biology.
One of the reasons why I've been tentatively positive about this progress is because of how many accidents there are and because how distracted and bad we are at driving, even though we are amazing, Alicia, to your point about the actual physicality of observing the world that we're in and that connection between our hands and our eyes being just grounded in, I don't know, biology.
We're pretty amazing computers. But I don't think these cars have to get so good to be better than us because we have so many failure rates already. The failure rate's very high. That being said, it does seem fraught. It's always been, it's 18 months around the corner for the last 10 years. There's progress being made. I mean, Waymo is opening in new cities.
We're pretty amazing computers. But I don't think these cars have to get so good to be better than us because we have so many failure rates already. The failure rate's very high. That being said, it does seem fraught. It's always been, it's 18 months around the corner for the last 10 years. There's progress being made. I mean, Waymo is opening in new cities.
It seems like maybe a city-by-city rollout, and I believe they have LiDAR involved as well, is working. They also, I think they have a call center, I believe. I could be spreading fake news, but I think they have actual humans, not in the loop, but available in order to take over a car if need be. That seems like a good fail-safe. There's progress being made, but it does seem like
It seems like maybe a city-by-city rollout, and I believe they have LiDAR involved as well, is working. They also, I think they have a call center, I believe. I could be spreading fake news, but I think they have actual humans, not in the loop, but available in order to take over a car if need be. That seems like a good fail-safe. There's progress being made, but it does seem like
I don't want to call it an impossibility, but at this point, I just don't feel like we're close.
I don't want to call it an impossibility, but at this point, I just don't feel like we're close.
Right.
Right.
Right. And a smaller problem set.
Right. And a smaller problem set.
I need to invest in a smart rock company because we're going to be selling a lot of smart rock. Yeah.
I need to invest in a smart rock company because we're going to be selling a lot of smart rock. Yeah.
That's crazy. What do the scripts do for you?
That's crazy. What do the scripts do for you?
It's just a world that I've not been introduced to, so I don't know what exists. Yeah. But yours is custom curved origami that you want to make. Yes. And so your scripts give you the crease lines.
It's just a world that I've not been introduced to, so I don't know what exists. Yeah. But yours is custom curved origami that you want to make. Yes. And so your scripts give you the crease lines.