Re:Drivers react to Tesla’s full self-driving beta release
by vlovich123 on Saturday October 31, 2020 @10:24AM
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Isn't this position tautologically the case of letting the perfect getting in the way of the good?
I'm not saying Tesla is making a good move here or maybe isn't being careful enough. I don't know yet & am not familiar with how the engineers feel about the development of the product & how bad the corners they cut during development are. That being said, the standard you've laid out is not a good world to live in. I don't know if the tech equipped in the car is sufficient.
A huge statistical difference in quality should be sufficient to go with automated cars even if they don't make the same mistakes as humans or sometimes make mistakes humans don't. "Statistical difference" isn't about a coarse level analysis either but situational. If they get into fewer road accidents but kill pedestrians at a larger rate, that's a problem. The problem is the news media only reports the top-line number because analysis is hard.
I'm not saying Tesla is making a good move here or maybe isn't being careful enough. I don't know yet & am not familiar with how the engineers feel about the development of the product & how bad the corners they cut during development are. That being said, the standard you've laid out is not a good world to live in. I don't know if the tech equipped in the car is sufficient.
A huge statistical difference in quality should be sufficient to go with automated cars even if they don't make the same mistakes as humans or sometimes make mistakes humans don't. "Statistical difference" isn't about a coarse level analysis either but situational. If they get into fewer road accidents but kill pedestrians at a larger rate, that's a problem. The problem is the news media only reports the top-line number because analysis is hard.