alt Hacker NewsThings in the real world often take longer than expected. Still, in cities where Waymo operates, many people routinely ride autonomous vehicles and prefer them.
For software, however, a rapid turn is often a possibility. See: AI for coding over the last 3-4 years.
AI autocomplete --> AI coding assistants --> vibe coding --> agent orchestration
Coders can now accomplish work that used to take a week or longer in a couple of hours, with the right tools and skills.
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A key issue the article implies is that the real world increasingly runs on software.
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But there is also still a huge part that doesn't run on software with so far little change.
Does a good engineer, with the right skills and right tools make up for the thousands of kids basically giving up on education and learning?
> Things in the real world often take longer than expected.
Things in the real world often take longer than hype con men claim.
> Things in the real world often take longer than expected. Still, in cities where Waymo operates, many people routinely ride autonomous vehicles and prefer them.
Yes. The bottleneck has been getting the cars manufactured. It takes a certain amount of time to get a factory going, and then the product starts pouring out. Waymo used up the supply of Jaguars, about 3,500 of them. The Ioniq 5 plant is starting up.[1] Waymo has ordered 50,000 cars, all ready to have the self-driving electronics plugged in. Waymo gets out of the sheet metal bending business with this.
[1] https://electrek.co/2026/02/11/hyundai-supply-waymo-50000-io...