Waymo granted a permit to operate as a Transportation Network Company in Arizona
This appears to go against Rodney Brooks' (former director of MIT's CSAIL, member of NAE, and a robotics expert) predictions, which was just published last month: <a href="https://rodneybrooks.com/my-dated-predictions/" rel="nofollow">https://rodneybrooks.com/my-dated-predictions/</a><p>"NET (No Earlier Than) 2022"<p>"First driverless "taxi" service in a major US city, with dedicated pick up and drop off points, and restrictions on weather and time of day."<p>"The pick up and drop off points will not be parking spots, but like bus stops they will be marked and restricted for that purpose only"<p>A possible resolution is in the case that he meant somewhere more ‘major’ than Phoenix, AZ (1.6 million population; 5th largest city in the US), but that is a bit hand-waving.<p>Any insight or comment for this?