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Waymo admits that its autopilot is often just guys from the Philippines (www.techspot.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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[–] 91 points 7 months ago (4 children)

So many of these “revolutionary” automation technologies end up being mechanical Turks. I guess “fake it till you make it” is considered a viable business model in the tech industry.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It didn't work for Elisabeth Holmes, why does it work for these pricks?

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    Worked for the president, musk, et al, everyone is copying them all the way down. If you call them out they will file a 10 billion dollar lawsuit against you and drag you into some court system you don't even live near.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    This is just a click bait fear mongering article in the first place. Pre 2025 a Waymo would travel on average 17,000 miles per unusual situation and it would request input for the specific scenario. Even the video in the article doesn't show someone remotely "driving" the car.

    Basically the article could be written as "Waymos have a fallback to request help from a human if they run into an unusual situation.".

    They check the camera footage and give it advice essentially

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