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fc417fc802last Tuesday at 4:01 AM1 replyview on HN

> Waymo has already shown an 80 to 90% reduction in crashes compared to people.

Compared to unsafe people. It's an important caveat though I agree with the larger point you're making.


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alex43578last Tuesday at 5:52 AM

Can you clarify what you mean by unsafe? From what I can tell from the study, they're comparing to a human benchmark - basically the "average" driver, not a cherrypicked "bad" driver cohort.

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