Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana
by dingo_bat on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @04:10AM
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I don't know about most people but there are some things (like cars), that I treat as super-reliable machines that will protect me even if I do some dumb things. And most car systems are made like that. They assume that the driver is going to fuck up at some point and they try to handle that. It seems Tesla's auto-drive feature is not like that. It's like when Chrome has a silly bug, I just accept it as it is and try to work my way around it.
Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana
by chronolitus on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @05:35PM
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> I don't know about most people but there are some things (like cars), that I treat as super-reliable machines that will protect me even if I do some dumb things.
It still boggles my mind that people think this way. YOU put yourself in control a potentially deadly vehicle. You choose to do so. What will your super-reliable car do if you run into a pedestrian?
"It shouldn't be hard." It is. "We shouldn't expect people to read the manual." We should. If they don't, and injure someone or themselves, they are being criminally negligent.
Tesla could easily have the "autopilot" turn off if no hands are detected on the wheel for, say, 10 seconds. Putting a blurb in the instruction manual about keeping your hands on the wheel but then allowing users to use it hands-free is broadcasting, "Hey, you don't really have to do this"