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Wu: Autonomous vehicles will reduce crime rates via mobile surveillance
“Crime rate will drop, in my opinion, because basically every car will became a moving sensor, collecting tons of real-time information.”
James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:05 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?
Prediction Not checkable as stated
James Wu: Parking spaces will be converted to housing due to self-driving cars
“And also the housing price probably gonna change, because people don't have to, like, pack together, and also all these parking space will become available space for housing.”
James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:16 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?
Assertion Contradicted
Wu: Major automakers plan to ship Level 4 vehicles by 2020-2021
“The major OEMs in Europe, US, and Japan, other places, if you look at their timetable, it's about twenty-twenty, twenty-twenty-one, they're gonna start shipping level four vehicles.”
James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:00 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wu: Talent Shortage Will Be Primary Bottleneck for Self-Driving Industry
“For me, I think the major bottleneck At this stage, it's probably talents. In the next few years. Because suddenly, you need a lot of robotic experts. A lot more computer science engineers, scientists. And this will be a bottleneck for current state.”
James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:15 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wu: Rural areas will require human drivers for a long time
“And also, I think for self-driving cars it will heavily rely on data, especially mapping data. So, I think for certain space, like rural regions or tough road, and people seldom drive, we don't have enough data there, it's probably still need human drivers the…”
James Wu Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:03 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?
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