Waymo CEO Says There Will Be a Robotaxi Fatality, Stresses Transparency as Tesla and Other Rivals Hit the Road

Waymo CEO Admits Fatal Crashes Are Inevitable with Self-Driving Cars

Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana says society will accept the eventual deaths caused by self-driving cars as part of the cost of innovation. During an onstage interview at TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Mawakana admitted that despite years of development, autonomous vehicles will never be perfect and fatal accidents are a matter of “when,” not “if.” “I think that society will,” Mawakana responded when asked if the public would ac…

Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill Someone

Waymo robotaxis are so safe that, according to the company’s data, its driverless vehicles are involved in 91 percent fewer crashes compared to human-operated vehicles. And yet the the company is bracing for the first time when a Waymo does kill somebody — a moment its CEO says society will accept, in exchange for access to its relatively safer driverless cars. “We really worry as a company about those days,” said Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana o…

Society will accept a death caused by a robotaxi, Waymo co-CEO says; 'We know it's not perfection,' Tekedra Mawakana said at TechCrunch Disrupt

When Waymo kills someone, it'll be ok

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana says we should all just relax when the first robotaxi kills someone. It will be fine, they promise, because math will make it moral. The future of transportation apparently comes with a body count, but don't worry, the algorithm has feelings about it. — Read the rest The post When Waymo kills someone, it'll be ok appeared first on Boing Boing.

Waymo CEO says there will be a robotaxi fatality, stresses transparency as Tesla and other rivals hit the road

Why Waymo Is Demanding Transparency from the AV Industry

Tekedra Mawakana challenges AV competitors to prove road safety claims, saying transparency is essential as companies scale driverless… The post Why Waymo Is Demanding Transparency from the AV Industry appeared first on IMP.NEWS.