Cruise Automation can produce a good demo. Shortcuts have been taken to produce good-looking results.
Don't be deceived. No car running the current software (or any software derived from it) will ever operate reliably.
Posted below, you will find a deleted comment from one of my fellow Cruise employees. That comment is accurate in its characterization of both Kyle and Cruise's technology.
Here is the deleted post from below, repeated verbatim. I'll put it here so it doesn't get lost.
QUOTE:
"Cruise employee here. throwaway for obvious reasons. It needs to be said that this is entirely marketing smoke and mirrors. The Cruise platform is significantly behind most other players in the market, and is having many many technical problems because of shortsighted leadership on Kyle's part, including high level people quitting (the head of planning and controls left last month because of Kyle, and more are threatening to quit) The reason I'm saying this is that this sort of public "everything is fine, we are the best" posturing leaks inwards. The opposite is very much true. Employees are very upset with Kyle because of things just like this. I make no exaggeration when I say Kyle is a mean-spirited, selfish person in private, and is very quick to publicly take credit for the work of others that he has emotionally and verbally abused. It's truly one of the most toxic environments I've ever been a part of."
Cruise Automation can produce a good demo. Shortcuts have been taken to produce good-looking results.
Don't be deceived. No car running the current software (or any software derived from it) will ever operate reliably.
Posted below, you will find a deleted comment from one of my fellow Cruise employees. That comment is accurate in its characterization of both Kyle and Cruise's technology.