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Re:Tesla in autopilot mode crashes into parked Laguna Beach ... by nikofeyn on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @02:17AM (#17185487)
> Supervising autopilot to the degree required to correct sudden mistakes seems, to me, to be probably very close to the mental load of the details of steering yourself.

intuitively, the load seems higher. this is because your brain must now include predictions regarding an additional third party who is not there in cars without autopilot or with autopilot off. it’s similar to how i am more stressed and tired after riding in the passenger seat with a less experienced driver at the wheel than i am at the wheel myself.

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Re:Tesla in autopilot mode crashes into parked Laguna Beach ... by freethought on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @03:02AM (#17185685)
I have not enabled it for this reason. I suspect that Tesla might too otherwise they would probably just let people have a 1 month free trial of autopilot so people would pony up the cash.
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