Took my first Waymo in Austin, TX last weekend and it did not go well. Was supposed to be a 9 minute drive, then randomly it tells us the ride has been 'slightly extended' to 45 minutes. Customer support dropped us off at a restaurant and said sorry. We ordered a human Uber.

Honestly the last thing I thought would happen would be that it would get lost. I thought maybe it would get confused on the road, but it drove better than most human drivers.

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pj_mukh an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Super weird! I've been using Waymo's regularly for 3 years now, couple of times a week and this has never happened.

	▲	gboss an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I’ve definitely been in Waymos that take forty minutes compared to an Uber’s 10 to fifteen because they use very circuitous routes.

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nunez 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's something about the Uber-hailed Waymos that makes them so much worse than regular Waymos IMO.

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eeje1 an hour ago | parent [-]

This is some crazy mental gymnastics.

I’ve seen them around in London - they are incredibly slow. There’s no way they’ll succeed here - speed is important for getting around.

This is what happens when people who live in a bubble automatically assume what works there must scale and make economic sense to the rest of the world.

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vidarh an hour ago | parent [-]

Average driving speeds in London are already very low. How can they possibly be sufficiently slower as to be noticeable?

	▲	eueuhe an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Do Waymos move off and brake in the same manner as humans? Nope. They can’t take any gambles - in a tight congested traffic area the difference adds up. It’s idiots like you who are ultra pro waymo that’ll make Everyone else worse off.
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wombat-man 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Did it think it needed to take a very out of the way route?

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sssilver 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The perfect driving equivalent of AI slop