Journalist with a computer science master's degree who has written for the Washington Post and Ars Technica and now publishes Understanding AI. He reads self-driving crash reports one by one and has been putting dated, quantitative judgements about Waymo and Tesla on the record since 2023.
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2 of Timothy B. Lee's claims fit 2 mental models. Most often: Conservation of complexity, Second-order thinking.
Some complexity cannot be removed, only moved; the question is who carries it, the user or the maker.
Their wordsI wish Tensor the best, but I think this is going to be a hard sell.
Ask "and then what?": follow a decision past its first effect to the ones that come after.
Their wordsIf Waymo vehicles were constantly asking for remote guidance, Waymo might need to hire so many remote operators that it negates the cost savings that come from not needing a driver.