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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · Jul 25

NHTSA closed their year+ investigation of Waymo. Waymo's 2 recalls re to this investigation were for crashing into a utility pole and roadway barriers. Evidently, robots repeatedly driving on the wrong side of the road into traffic and disobeying traffic control devices is ok in USA. Scale that.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 1m

ppl write/say this like it is a side effect instead of intended/known cost saving benefit, by AI vendors during development and their customers and themselves during operation/litigation.

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 44m

shitposting as a news service

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 1h

Did it even happen? I've seen no confirmation and that is not a credible source.

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 1h

Shouldn't the pilot's duty of care to ensure safe passage/operation prevent them from flying under these conditions?

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 2h

The velocity and variety of his GIGO is impressive.

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 2h

"EagleEye is a consequential step toward realizing Anduril’s vision of turning every warrior into a connected node on the battlefield"

connected == emanating RF, turning every warrior into an enemy trackable communications beacon/target

www.anduril.com/article/andu...

Anduril’s EagleEye Puts Mission Command and AI Directly into the Warfighter’s Helmet

Anduril today unveiled EagleEye, an independently researched and developed, modular, AI-powered family of systems that unifies command and control, digital vision, and survivability within a single, a...

www.anduril.com

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 2h

rodama1789.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-...

The portable guillotine of Lyon

Back to death and gore.... http://blog.parisinsights.com/2011/07/ Until recently the last guillotine in Paris could be foun...

rodama1789.blogspot.com

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 2h

the endlessness justifies the meanness

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 3h

"a lone Waymo with no customers just circulating the parking lot 15 times"
OP: tiktok.ramontrantang

SAE Level 4 self-trapping car.

>16 years of the best ppl w most money produced robots without the wits of a squirrel.

FWIW, looping bugs are trivial to fix for procedural programs, but not AI/DNN.

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 3h

The new All-American 'welcome mat'

Jay Marose @jaymarose.bsky.social · 11h

I have my message ready.

A welcome mat that says
COME BACK with
A JUDICIAL WARRANT SIGNED BY A JUDGE!

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 3h

ICE phishing

Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 18h

If you haven't heard yet, stopice.org is a fake website made BY ice themselves and it would be a shame if they received thousands of submissions under Stephen Miller's name

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 3h

"it is comparatively easy to make computers exhibit adult level performance on intelligence tests or playing checkers, and difficult or impossible to give them the skills of a one-year-old when it comes to perception and mobility"
Hans Moravec, 1988

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 3h

Waymo shutdown their Arizona service bc of rain & potential flooding, again.

Dozens if not hundreds of Waymo robots in AZ were stranded by/in rain/floods 2+ weeks ago. Waymo robots have been stuck in floods in other geos.

They clearly have a defect wrt floods. Moravec's paradox.

Good luck Miami.

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 4h

Zoox, a Waymo competitor, had a recall for braking in ways that contributed to motorcycles rearending their robot.

GM Cruise, another former Waymo competitor, also had a recall for their robot's braking.

It is among the most common ADS/robot problems.

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 14h

CicLAvia is a non-profit organization that has been opening streets throughout LA County since 2010. Come experience car-free open streets at our 63rd event, CicLAvia—Heart of LA.

www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_hea...

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 14h

Wouldn't be a car-free event without a Waymo robot failure:

6th St and Alameda, Los Angeles

Jacob Satan Party @jacobsidney.com · 17h

Stalled Waymo at CicLAvia

Galaxy-brain Intelligence

A waymo can't process that it can't make a right turn where it wants to, so it just stops in an intersection with a passenger in it

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 19h

lapublicpress.org/2025/08/tikt...

TikTokers are calling LA ICE raids 'music festivals' to trick the algorithm

The coded language started in Los Angeles but is now being used for protests nationwide — including this week's protests in DC.

lapublicpress.org

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 19h

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · Jul 18

Video of one of the 5 Waymo robots burned in DTLA attempting to turn around. Looks like it was giving room enough for a normal driver, though video ends before it was disabled.

In previous ~hour, Waymo restricted their DTLA geo forcing their robots onto this route & block.

bsky.app/profile/timo...

Timothy Malstead @timothymalstead.com · Jun 9

Four Waymo jags, one after the other, covered in graffiti and with their sensors disabled. A fifth decides its had enough and tries to leave only to be thwarted by someone just kinda standing there. I do love this city.

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 19h

This was the robot stopped on the same block as above the day before 5 robots were burned.

bsky.app/profile/anic...

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · Jun 8

Another Waymo robot stopped by LA protests, ~km from where a different Waymo robot w passenger was stopped and tagged last night:

Federal Bldg & Courthouse, Alameda St, Los Angeles

Waymo ops should know to route around protests. Their robots have been caught in enough of them.

Shot On 35mm @shoton35mm.bsky.social · Jun 8

Waymo gets caught in the protest. @lataco.bsky.social

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 19h

Street finding own use for Waymo's mobile white boards:

Federal Bldg & Courthouse, Alameda St, Los Angeles

"Music Festival" == ICE raid

Waymo had a robot stopped on this block the day before 5 were burned a block away. Waymo ops is nearly as slow a learner as their robots.

OP: tiktok.dan.m.ckv

LA Music Festival 2025! 10/11/25: Waymo showing off their new design, I think it looks great! Music, art, cars and more everyday at 535 Alameda! #LAmusicfestival2025 #lamusicfestival #musicfestival #l...

TikTok video by Dan M CKV

www.tiktok.com

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 23h

Streeview of the approximate location, which is in front of a Marriott. Of course, a safety driver would fix this in seconds. Waymo has never explained why their robots do this or why their telops takes so long and fails so often.

Waymo, more than a ride, an adventure. Do you feel lucky?

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 23h

Yet another (62+) Wrong Way Waymo, crossed double yellow line:

900 W Olympic Blvd, LA

"Waymo...caused a traffic jam...by trying to go headfirst into traffic and it doesn’t know how to correct itself. The people inside are...wide eyed and throwing up their hands in frustration."
OP: x.MorganaLeBae

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 1d

The solution, as always, is more better surveillance, ie cameras/sensors w AI 'intruder detection' for every room, closet, etc.

Trust but trust AI to verify.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe too good at hunting. He learned to climb a blue spruce to kill the birds nesting there and brought mole body parts to the door. I found him w just the rear half of a squirrel in the bushes, growling. The yard became quieter and stiller.

"The Romans make a desert and call it peace." Tacitus

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 1d

WHFS: "And now we'll repeat that for those of you on drugs"