Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier
by jacquesm on Friday April 06, 2018 @12:33PM
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> I think the relevant question is: does Autopilot make people less attentive?
There are large bodies of knowledge about this gained from studies regarding trains and airline pilots and the conclusion seems to be uniformly that it is much harder to suddenly jump into an already problematic situation than it is to deal with that situation when you were engaged all along.
> On the issue of survivorship bias, I would add that "Man Doesn't Text While Driving, Resulting in No Accident" isn't a headline that you're likely to read.
It's one of the reasons I don't have a smartphone, I consider them distraction machines.
There are large bodies of knowledge about this gained from studies regarding trains and airline pilots and the conclusion seems to be uniformly that it is much harder to suddenly jump into an already problematic situation than it is to deal with that situation when you were engaged all along.
> On the issue of survivorship bias, I would add that "Man Doesn't Text While Driving, Resulting in No Accident" isn't a headline that you're likely to read.
It's one of the reasons I don't have a smartphone, I consider them distraction machines.