If by "ai" you mean pathfinding and routing algorithms, that makes total sense. If by "ai" you mean the actual driving part and crash avoidance, ping will start killing pedestrians.
Some sort if hybrid system would be great. Knowing that there are no cars on the intersection you plan to cross would save a lot of time with slowing down to check. Equally, having on board systems to slam on the anchors because someone is in the road or whatever would be a requirement.
Waymos as it stands are very good at not crashing. Humans are very bad drivers and frequently hit things, the waymos have been good at not doing that with whatever system they are using now. Obviously there are a few kinks, but it's not enough to discard the technology. A self driving car is better than a human driven one, but it's still a car.
If by "ai" you mean pathfinding and routing algorithms, that makes total sense. If by "ai" you mean the actual driving part and crash avoidance, ping will start killing pedestrians.
Some sort if hybrid system would be great. Knowing that there are no cars on the intersection you plan to cross would save a lot of time with slowing down to check. Equally, having on board systems to slam on the anchors because someone is in the road or whatever would be a requirement.
Waymos as it stands are very good at not crashing. Humans are very bad drivers and frequently hit things, the waymos have been good at not doing that with whatever system they are using now. Obviously there are a few kinks, but it's not enough to discard the technology. A self driving car is better than a human driven one, but it's still a car.