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Are autonomous vehicles really smart? Check how a simple trick can fool them

Waymo encountered an intriguing example of "edge cases", courtesy of Jason B Carr, an eBike enthusiast and content creator based in Arizona. Carr donned a simple t-shirt adorned with a stop sign graphic. This low-tech trick proved surprisingly effective in halting the progress of Waymo's Jaguar I-Pace vehicles during testing. Edge cases are those unusual, unpredictable scenarios that can confound even the most advanced driving algorithms.