Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn’t fix it::Software’s alleged inability to handle cross traffic central to court battle after two road deaths

  • Flying Squid
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    211 months ago

    And you think the average person knows the capabilities of an airplane autopilot?

    • @CmdrShepard
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      211 months ago

      I’d hope they would before willfully getting behind the controls of one to operate it. Regardless of what we call it, these people still would have crashed. They both drove into the side of a semi while sitting in the driver’s seat with their hands on the wheel.

      • @renohren@partizle.com
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        11 months ago

        That because tesla induced them to think it was level 4 or 5 while FSD is level 2 (like most Toyotas are ) but with a few extra options.

        And as long as there is a need for a human to endorse responsability, it will remain at level 2.

        • @CmdrShepard
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          111 months ago

          A) Autopilot and the FSD beta are two totally separate systems and FSD wasn’t even available as an option when one of these crashes occurred.

          B) where’s the evidence that these drivers believed they were operating a level 4 or 5 system?

          • @renohren@partizle.com
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            11 months ago

            [comment redacted this is a placeholder]

            Sorry about it, mixed up the two. I’m an empty head.