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Lessin: Alphabet was created because Waymo was too expensive for Google
“I mean, Waymo was so expensive that Larry Page could not convince anyone at Google to let them keep it fully on their books. So they had to create Alphabet so they could get outside investors in Waymo.”
Suds: Laundry-Folding Robots Will Arrive in Three to Four Years
“We're gonna go from, like, Waymo in, like, 15 cities to, like, robots folding your laundry in four years, three years from now, and it's gonna look really weird.”
Dave Morin: Waymo Vehicles Cost Between $250K and $500K Each
“I think these Waymo's cost on the order of 250 to 500 K a piece.”
Sam Lessin: The average Uber driver is worse than autonomous vehicles
“The average Uber driver is worse than the computer at driving”
Jessica Lessin: Waymo finds faster routes in the Bay Area than rideshares
“And the internet is skeptical of this claim, but as someone who's commuted to my office for a long time, twice a day, Waymo's find faster routes. Every day they are optimizing the Bay Area traffic with some AI stuff in ways that's faster.”
Jessica Lessin predicts Waymo demand will make El Camino a primary route
“This is my prediction that, oh, Camino is going to be an important thoroughfare. Relative to the one-on-one because the people are going to want their Waymos.”
Dave Morin claims San Francisco parents only let their children ride Waymos
“Everybody in the city only allows their children to use Waymo.”
Lessin: Waymos refusing to drive to their death will signal AGI
“I think we'll probably know that the AGI has occurred when the Waymos are like, no, I'm not gonna, like, march to my death. Like, that's gonna be the sign of sentience.”
Sam Lessin: Private schools use Waymos to drop off unattended kids
“Well, to be clear, I mean, we know for a fact that some private schools in San Francisco is going to have Waymo pickups and drop off for kids. Now, whether that's against the rules or not, I know for a fact that that has happened.”
Brit Morin: Waymo holds 22 percent of SF rides, surpassing Lyft
“Now Waymo has 22% market share of all taxi journeys in San Francisco, which exceeds the human driver company, or sorry, the human driver company Lyft was the headline.”
CRISPR has transitioned to a proven technology just like Waymo
“It feels exactly like Waymo, where for 10 years, people have been like, CRISPR's awesome. You're like, it is awesome. It's very, very cool. But now it's like, oh shit, it works.”
Lessin: Waymo will be everywhere by the LA Olympics
“And I also predict by the Olympics in LA, Waymo is just gonna be, like, everywhere.”
Brit Morin: San Francisco parents mandate Waymo over Uber for kids
“We do know also a lot of people in the city that require that their kids use Waymo versus using Ubers.”
Jessica Lessin: Waymo could open its SFO passenger route any day
“There was no passenger because they're clearly testing, but I hear sources say any day they could be opening up the SFO route.”
Brit Morin: Waymo is testing autonomous driving on Highway 101
“They're going to go on the highways soon. They're already testing on the one-on-one.”
Sam Lessin: San Francisco schools are adopting Waymo drop-off rules
“Well, but we do know, we know of some schools in San Francisco that now have Waymo drop-off roles for the kids.”