Re:Drivers react to Tesla’s full self-driving beta release
by candiddevmike on Saturday October 31, 2020 @09:41AM
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I'm less concerned about the Tesla driver dying (since it means they weren't attentively monitoring their car right?) and more concerned about the driver they t-bone or hit head on due to a software bug.
Re:Drivers react to Tesla’s full self-driving beta release
by agumonkey on Saturday October 31, 2020 @09:46AM
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They're selling safety statistics. I find that unethical. You don't say to a widow "but think about how many times I could have killed someone and didn't".
Also note the double speak of Musk on the topic.. he was the first to talk (even boast) about how the structural design made the car the safest of all .. but now safety is not as essential, it's ok to have some accidents. And it will improve their machine learning data set right ! /s
Re:Drivers react to Tesla’s full self-driving beta release
by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Saturday October 31, 2020 @03:14PM
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That would be an argument worth having if a tesla with FSD were actually safer than a comparable modern luxury car driven by someone in the same demographics. Or even just compared to a tesla without FSD. We aren't even at that argument yet.
Re:Drivers react to Tesla’s full self-driving beta release
by dtech on Saturday October 31, 2020 @09:42AM
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That's only the case if this new Autopilot iteration is actually a safer driver. There are many who doubt that.
Re:Drivers react to Tesla’s full self-driving beta release
by jtbayly on Saturday October 31, 2020 @10:12AM
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It clearly isn’t. Everybody should ask themselves, “How often do I have a near-miss on the road that another human in the car with me prevented by warning me?”
I’ve had that happen a few times in the decades I’ve been driving. It appears to be a regular occurrence in this software.
If Tesla is going to be a safer driver than me, it’s already a good investment. If a software bug means I die, well, human error might too.