Uber (UBER) has expanded its partnership with Waymo to offer driverless rides in Atlanta and Austin in early 2025. Waymo is a subsidiary of Alphabet (GOOG...
Carnegie Mellon University associate professor Phil Koopman joins Asking for a Trend to break down the news and the overall viability of the robotaxi trend.
He explains that while robotaxi companies like Waymo say that safety is top-of-mind,"the reality is nobody knows how this will turn out." Driverless vehicles are a new development, and there is simply not enough data to come to a conclusion about whether they offer more safety than human drivers. It is currently unclear exactly how many Waymo Robo taxis are going to be deployed, but Uber says there will be eventually hundreds of the suvs in Atlanta and Austin and joining us now is Phil Copeman Carnegie Mellon University, Associate Professor Phil.So let's start right there, Phil because this uh certainly got a lot of attention today.
Uh There were cars blocking firehouse driveways uh and that was not only Waymo, that was also crews having those problems.Now, I expect wemo to pay attention and I expect them to try and fix things, but we won't know what the particular problems are until we see them.I mean, for the rest of us, you know, many of us are relatively new to see these vehicles on city streets, in your opinion, Phil, um commercializing this technology here.
I'm just saying that it's too early to claim you're running a marathon and you're two miles in, you're three miles in your splits look good.And so anytime someone says we've already proven we're safe, we've already proven we're saving lives.
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