Pedestrians
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the a16z Podcast
3 statements about Pedestrians, every show
Waymo could detect pedestrians in 2019, but struggled with over-conservatism
“And if you're always conservative, which was, you know, say four years ago, it was not like we couldn't detect the pedestrians, we could totally detect them. It was this nuance of, are we being over conservative, assuming they may jump in, hence let's not move…”
Pope: At 70% AV adoption, pedestrians will cross streets without looking
“We'll reach a tipping point when, say, 70% of the vehicles on the road are being driven by a robot which, like a horse, will not run someone down. And at that point, pedestrians are going to start crossing streets the way they did in 1900, without looking and …”
Sutherland: Pedestrians will exploit driverless cars because they always yield without retaliating
“Now, if we take this in in the driverless car situation, we'll know that when we want to cross the road, we just walk out in front of a driverless car, because it's always going to stop. Now, this may cause the passengers in the driverless car to lurch around …”