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Re:Two people killed in fiery Tesla crash with no one driving by jjav on Monday April 19, 2021 @03:51AM (#26860087)
> but we need to compare those against the cases where autopilot prevents accidents that are unlikely to be avoided by humans

Right, but do any examples of this exist, ever?

Your link is clearly not an example. Any aware driver would've done the same.

I'm sceptical there can ever be a scenario were tesla autopilot can outdo an aware, conscious driver.

Re:Two people killed in fiery Tesla crash with no one driving by davrosthedalek on Monday April 19, 2021 @08:50AM (#26862148)
Some of the examples in the video are actually pretty impressive. I'm not sure I would have seen some of these cars coming. But they only show that human driver with autopilot assist is potentially better than human alone, i.e. human driver, with autopilot backup. I would be surprised if that is not better. But the way autopilot is supposed to be used is that it's only autopilot with human backup. And I would argue that the "with human backup" often has a "because of law, not necessity" undertone)