Surprise: Automated driving biz finds automated driving safer than letting you get behind the wheel
Waymo recreated 72 fatal crashes and it turns out its simulated AI driver isn t a careless, distracted jerk Share
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Keen to prove that automated cars are safer than human-driven vehicles, Waymo, the robotaxi biz spun out of Google in 2016, set out to simulate 72 fatal crashes that occurred from 2008 through 2017 in the vicinity of Chandler, Arizona.
Chandler, a popular venue for testing automated cars in the United States due to its favorable weather and minimal regulation, became a Waymo test ground in 2016. It s about 16 miles from Tempe, where in 2018 an Uber self-driving car collided with and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg, an incident for which safety driver Rafaela Vasquez was charged last year with negligent homicide and has pleaded not guilty.
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Alphabet’s self-driving car unit Waymo is claiming that its artificial intelligence could have avoided or mitigated the majority of a set of fatal accidents.
Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google s parent company Alphabet, is one of a number of well-funded companies racing to commercialise autonomous vehicle technology and pitching safety as a key benefit. AFP
The autonomous-car artificial intelligence from Alphabet Inc’s Waymo avoided or mitigated crashes in most of a set of virtually recreated fatal accidents, according to a white paper the company published on March 8.
The simulations were based on 72 fatal crashes that occurred between 2008 and 2017 in Chandler, Arizona, where Waymo currently operates a small-scale autonomous ride-hail service based on its “Driver” sensors and software. That included 20 incidents involving a pedestrian or cyclist.
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