Waymo was not developing the same type of technology that we are Working on today, which is level four ADS technology back in 2012. We were testing these very experimental technology with some of the Google employees that Had not really hands-on participated into the development So I was kind of maintaining some independence and what was observed really is that within a matter of two weeks These trained engineers who were told about all of the disclaimers and the caveats And who were being monitored while using this technology. They very quickly became Overreliant on it. It's part of a broader trend that is Studied within the human factors community something that in the paper we call the irony of motivation Which is this sort of
How has emerging driving automation technology been developed and tested on public roads with such a relatively strong safety record? As Waymo's Francesca Favarò explains on this week's episode it has everything to do with the humans behind the wheel. On this week's episode we dive into how Waymo manages fatigue risk among safety operators, why it's so important, and where the landscape of safety standards has room to improve.