Waymo robo-ride in SF with a senior Waymo developer as we chat

Companion text article at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2023/01/19/i-get-back-in-a-waymo-to-ride-in-san-francisco-with-a-top-waymo-developerits-getting-close-video/
In December, I got the chance to ride in a Waymo with no safety driver in San Francisco. With me was Andrew Chatham, a very senior technical guy at Waymo. (I worked with him 10 years ago when I was there.) We caught up and talked about the car and the remaining issues. He couldn't answer everything, of course. We also got a nice drive, though no one drive proves a vehicle is ready.

My main goal was to ride, not film, so I didn't set up my camera very well and the camera stopped partway, but you may find some interesting details, and we had to deal with many double parked cars, pedestrians, left turns and more. See the companion article for more analysis.

0:00 Intro
1:14 Begin ride
2:12 Nudge around truck
2:22 What are the blockers to deployment?
3:53 Gap in video explaned
4:03 Onto Geary
4:20 Machine learning in planner
5:50 TPUs in vehicle
6:30 nudge out
7:50 Sim
8:20 About unprotected lefts
9:34 USF stop, not really pulling over
10:18 Shout out to Reddit and jjricks
12:50 Competition in some cities
15:04 on Tesla
16:00 Not just a video
16:30 Honks and detecting them
20:00 Going around a double parked car, then quickly finding lane again rather than human style
21:10 We finish, stopping in front of bike parking and blocking lane a bit
21:23 Legally required request to like and subscribe

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