Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    The question is could this fool a human

    Also I went and watched the video and he doesn’t seem to even use full self driving for the wall test

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        2 hours ago

        Many people tend to doze off so much they would absolutely get fooled. I admit I might, too, especially if the wall is made of a material that needs no guy wires to prop it up. They either used digital effects or a very good color grading job, it’s uncanny.

        relevant

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        4 hours ago

        Are you sure though?

        If you knew to expect a wall it is pretty obvious but if you aren’t expecting a wall it might prove confusing.

        I probably would stop either way.

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          3 hours ago

          I watched the video. The wall would not fool a human with object permanence.

          Anyone who is fooled, is likely impaired enough that they are not legal to drive.