Gary Marcus

Rank 12 of 47

Score 115

If Waymo could actually make all the maps it needs for $10/mile, Uber might well already be out of business.

I don’t think this estimate is accurate, and give my reasoning in the replies.

Timothy B. Lee

@binarybits

304d

I wish the "Waymo isn't scalable because they need maps" people would do some back-of-the-napkin math. The SF metro area has 43,000 lane-miles of roads. Say it costs $10 to map each mile. That's $430,000 for the whole region. Trivial relative to the potential market.

10/4/2024, 3:37:20 PM

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