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Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by olliej on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @08:48PM (#20882869)
If you create a system that by design will cause the driver to lose focus, you are responsible for the driver losing focus.

Saying “we told the users that they must pay attention while they are not driving”, or “we told them that the system called ‘auto-pilot’ is not actually able to autopilot the car”, and “we advertised the car’s self driving ability but had documentation saying it doesn’t actually have that ability” then you are responsible for that system driver behaving exactly as you would predict.

Their have been numerous studies that show that people stop paying attention when they are given menial or non-focus dependent tasks. Saying that the only safe way to use autopilot is by not being a human is fundamentally the same as saying “the brakes in the car only work if you press them continuously for 5s or apply 300lbs of force”.

Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by JeffL on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @09:31PM (#20883094)
My experience with autopilot isn't that I lose focus as much as I focus on something else. Instead of focusing on keeping in my lane, not going too fast, and if the car ahead of me is braking, I'm focusing on the road ahead -- is there construction coming up? Is there debris in the road? Is there a wall ahead that gets too close to the road? Is there anything weird up ahead that needs attention? You learn what AP can and can't handle and you keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary, which on long road trips is significantly less fatiguing and probably safer.
Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by munmaek on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:55PM (#20888562)
> as much as I focus on something else.

Yes, so people ending up focusing on things like cellphones and email.

Re:Tesla’s Autopilot found partly to blame for 2018 crash on... by JeffL on Thursday September 05, 2019 @03:09PM (#20889814)
There's obviously going to be some of that from people in every sort of car. The hope is that over all, people with AP are safer. I personally feel like I am.