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		randyrand 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York ... Forcing people to tackle the problem from different angles without sharing is the best way to avoid local minimum.

beeflet 47 days ago [–]

the local minimum is that any single company monopolizes self-driving cars, using the data as a moat.

randyrand 42 days ago | [–]

there are multiple. that's why they're called 'local' minimum.

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