Tech Talk Y'all You DoorDashed the Door
Feb 14, 2026
They unpack Substack hosting extremist newsletters and the moderation questions that raises. They debate Ring, Nest and neighborhood surveillance after a lost-dog ad and a disabled camera controversy. They laugh over Waymo asking DoorDash drivers to close self-driving car doors and cover remote human assistance in autonomy. They track Amazon drone mishaps, Google’s Gemini cloning attempts, and Anthropic’s massive $30B raise.
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Human Input Supplements Autonomy
- Waymo uses remote human reviewers for ambiguous driving situations rather than full remote control.
- The company emphasizes contextual input from offshore teams, not direct driving.
DoorDashers Closing Self-Driving Doors
- Waymo sometimes calls DoorDash drivers to close car doors because cars won't move with doors open.
- Adam and Sanjay joke about charging riders or automating doors like Aldi's quarter-cart model to force compliance.
Single Drone Incidents Don’t Define Scale Risk
- Drone delivery incidents are inevitable as new systems scale and get more scrutiny than common vehicle accidents.
- Sanjay urges perspective: many delivery trucks have accidents daily, so focus on proportional risk assessment.