Re:AI Podcast: Elon Musk on Tesla Autopilot [video]
by throwaway149999 on Saturday April 13, 2019 @07:19PM
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That looked bad. It kept inside the lane right up to the moment when it hit the barrier and the way it stayed perfectly in the center of the lane really makes it look like it was on autopilot.
(By the way, the driver with the dashcam is driving terribly.)
For certain interpretations of "intervene", that's true now. See this video of a Tesla hitting a construction barrier.[1] This is a dashcam view from a car behind the Tesla. At 00:21, it's too early for the vehicle to start turning, and at 00:22, the vehicle has already hit the barrier. The driver has to detect the failure and then take over. Much of the driver's allowed reaction time is taken up by having to wait until it's almost too late. Control handoff inherently implies a slower reaction time than manual driving.
(Not noticing the lane change warning and orange construction 45MPH speed limit sign back at 00:05 didn't help, either.)
This is the problem with shared control, and why Waymo rejected it early on.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ml6sjk_8c