Weird question :) My claim is that it won't be open to "anyone" in a useful way any time soon.
And you need to define "anyone" -- that's precisely what's being fudged here (and what's been fudged in previous announcements).
To be clear: I think Waymo will fold or be wound down before this happens.
In a previous comment, I said that IF we get economically feasible self-driving cars in the next 10-20 years, then it will not be from Waymo. It will be from a breakthrough out of left field. In other words, "we" will have thrown out millions of lines of code and billions of dollars of investment, and started over.
Obviously, if they roll it out, then I'll be wrong! But if I thought that was possible now, then I wouldn't bother calling them out on it.
And you need to define "anyone" -- that's precisely what's being fudged here (and what's been fudged in previous announcements).
To be clear: I think Waymo will fold or be wound down before this happens.
In a previous comment, I said that IF we get economically feasible self-driving cars in the next 10-20 years, then it will not be from Waymo. It will be from a breakthrough out of left field. In other words, "we" will have thrown out millions of lines of code and billions of dollars of investment, and started over.
Obviously, if they roll it out, then I'll be wrong! But if I thought that was possible now, then I wouldn't bother calling them out on it.
Previous comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22632588