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0 pointsmacintux24d ago0 comments

Good luck making eye contact with the Waymo to gain confidence that it sees you.

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Do you want them to put googley eyes on it? If you can see it, it can see you. Pretty simple.

Eye contact matters for humans because they might be looking at their phones, or their McDonald's fries, or staring straight into the sun. None of these things happen with self-driving cars. It's a non-issue.

NewJazz24d ago

That would actually be great. Some kind of eye brow raise, a gesture, any recognition/indication that it perceives a life to preserve.

bsder24d ago

Erm, have you ever taken a Waymo and watched the detection screen?

If you can see it, it sees you. Period. I guarantee it.

It can see and gives special priority to humans. I have watched it mark people at night that I couldn't see at all.

Doing weird shit on the road? Certainly possible. Missing seeing a human? Definitely not happening.

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171862744024d ago

Eye contact matters for humans, because humans can indicate that way which direction and speed they plan on moving.

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