The following submission statement was provided by /u/AdmiralKurita:

Headline is inspired by Waymo offering a public service (requiring no NDAs) in downtown Phoenix. This is significant because it is the first major commercial launch of autonomous ride hailing in a major US city with no restrictions on time of operation.

Self-driving cars are the future! That's what Waymo's incremental progress means. "Incremental" also means that your 10 year old will get a driver's license. We are far away from the end goal of having autonomous vehicles make a a significant portion of vehicle miles traveled. But notable progress is being made.

Self-driving cars are real, but not present.

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/yuuf17/waymos_driverless_taxis_keep_making_incremental/iwb7c4i/