Waymo riders smoking and messing with equipment degrade service, ex-OpenAI researcher complains
cyrilzakka · x · 2026-11-06
Miles Brundage says Waymo's experience has gone downhill in recent months because riders smoke and tamper with equipment, arguing Waymo should intervene in real time — e.g. pull over and kick smokers out — and that this is doable while preserving privacy. cyrilzakka chimed in that he'd seemingly been in the same car and it wasn't great. Passenger-behavior management is emerging as a real operational problem for robotaxis.
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