Keynote (Google I/O '18)

It may not have been easy to see that another breakthrough is required, but it was very easy to see that most predictions were laughable. The CEO of Waymo announced[1] in May 2018: > Phoenix will be the first stop for Waymo's driverless transportation service, which is launching later this year. Soon, everyone will be able to call Waymo, using our app, and a fully self-driving car will pull up--with no one in the driver's seat-- to whisk them away to their destination. And that's just the beginning! [1] ▶ this video

It's not really that much easier, but their new AI let's you type certain common responses like "Thank you, I'll look at this" in an instant. They made a presentation about this. ▶ this video

Yup I believe they announced this at Google I/O Keynote this year actually -- they mentioned that while it might not be enough with just the audio, looking at mouth gestures can give AI enough to know what might be said by whom. ▶ this video

Sorry, they're very likely running A/B testing of some sort, as this link was AV1 (Codecs: avc1.64002a (299) / mp4a.40.2 (140)) for me earlier, but no longer: ▶ this video

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