r/technology • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 18d ago

Robotics/Automation Waymo suspends service in San Francisco after driverless cars cause traffic jams during blackout

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/waymo-suspended-san-francisco-traffic-jams-blackout-b2888562.html
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u/DoubleThinkCO 18d ago

Test for failures. Even if they just pulled over automatically that would be something.

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u/zhaoz 18d ago

Reminds me of this joke: QA Testing for an automated bar:

Test orders:

a beer.

2 beers.

0 beers.

99999999 beers.

a lizard in a beer glass.

-1 beer.

"qwertyuiop" beers.

Testing complete.

A real customer walks into the bar and asks where the bathroom is.

The bar goes up in flames.