In order to disseminate the information, he did a livestream from a low-fi parking lot.
During his appearance on software engineer Sophia Tung’s livestream yesterday, Waymo’s Director of Product and Operations Vishay Nihalani noted that the company’s autonomous vehicles no longer make a honking sound when they are in close proximity to one another. After the vehicles were observed honking at each other a few weeks ago, Waymo decided to release a software fix in response to the incident.
According to NBC Bay Area, individuals who live in close proximity to the parking lot that is crowded with Waymo taxis have stated that even though the patch has been successfully implemented, the taxis continue to honk at each other. A live stream was put up by Tung, who lived in close proximity to the cabs that were idling, in order to record the cacophony of honking automobiles.
Having a soundtrack is essential to the success of any stream, and Tung’s stream featured low-fidelity music in the style of the popular “LoFi Girl” video that can be found on YouTube. It is clear that the title, “Self Driving Taxi Depot Shenanigans To Relax/Study To,” was intended to be a tribute to the LoFi Girl channel. There is no doubt that she was granted permission to use the song. This past Saturday at four in the morning, the stream showed the cars continuing to honk, despite the fact that a remedy had been delayed previously.
As the honking continued, Nihalani joined the stream in order to have a conversation with Tung. when the director stated that the honking of the cars was a deliberate feature for taxis that were cruising on public highways in order to avoid collisions, the director also stated that the honking of the automobiles at each other when they were idling in the parking lot was never intended. As a result of the problem, all of the cabs have been updated at this point.
Waymo is a ridesharing service that is accessible to residents of San Francisco, Phoenix, and 79 square miles of Los Angeles, which extends from Santa Monica to Downtown. An announcement was made by the corporation in May stating that its taxis were making 50,000 paid journeys every week. However, if you are in San Francisco, you can still watch Tung’s relaxed livestream of a parking lot; the only difference is that there is no honking.