Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overreact

Re:Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overr... by ebbv on Sunday July 03, 2016 @04:58PM (#12027593)

I agree with you except for this:

> This is not a setback for automatic driving. This is just a Tesla problem.

If the general public doesn't get the distinction it can become an automatic driving problem.

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Re:Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overr... by empath75 on Sunday July 03, 2016 @08:46PM (#12028351)

Maybe in the short term, but in the long term, if automatic driving works, it works. There's just too much money to be saved by implementing it for people to not work on it.

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Re:Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overr... by melling on Sunday July 03, 2016 @05:10PM (#12027637)

Fortunately we are at least 5 years away, probably more lie 10, from self-driving cars so this will be forgotten.

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Re:Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overr... by bennettfeely on Sunday July 03, 2016 @05:43PM (#12027756)

So for the next five years there won't be another fatal accident in which automatic driving is at least partially responsible and will generate significant press coverage?

You want to make a bet on that?

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Re:Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overr... by Piskvorrr on Sunday July 03, 2016 @07:06PM (#12028040)

You know that "5 years from mass production" is an euphemism for "never gonna happen," right?

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Re:Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overr... by agildehaus on Sunday July 03, 2016 @06:48PM (#12027988)

I think we're about 2-3 away from Google launching an Uber-like service in areas that lack snowfall.

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