Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously complained about autopilot

Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by Ahwleung on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:29AM (#22306072)

Are you being intentionally caustic? The phrase "running on autopilot" is an established colloquialism for doing something without being mindful of it, and almost every major dictionary definition of "autopilot" states that it is a system used to navigate something without a human.

Demanding a rigorous scientific study on human understanding of a word is simply not necessary when there are multiple recorded videos of people asleep at the wheel with a fucking banana on a string dangling from the steering wheel to fool the system.

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by s_y_n_t_a_x on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:18AM (#22306640)

So do you have a problem with the name or a problem with people intentionally being stupid?

People trying to fool the system is not Tesla's fault and indicates they are aware of the warnings alerting them they need to pay attention.

If people are dangling bananas they're doing it for attention and you guys are feeding it and blaming the manufacturer.

Changing the product name will not change anything.

Humans will always be a piece of shit sometimes.

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