Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California crash, more safety concern

Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra... by jonas21 on Friday May 14, 2021 @10:22PM (#27161715)

> Stories like this drive home the point: you can’t train your machine learning for every eventuality.

This wasn't some crazy edge case. The Tesla hit a large stationary object that was directly in front of it.

The only thing it drives home is that Tesla's self-driving functionality does not relieve the driver from having to pay attention.

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Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra... by dboreham on Friday May 14, 2021 @10:46PM (#27161855)

Then it's not self-driving.

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Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra... by dragonwriter on Friday May 14, 2021 @11:16PM (#27161996)

Oh, it’s self-driving.

It may be undesirable self-driving, but it does drive itself.

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Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra... by Xorlev on Friday May 14, 2021 @10:57PM (#27161908)

Tesla doesn't claim that it is yet.

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Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra... by Zetaphor on Friday May 14, 2021 @11:00PM (#27161926)

The name Autopilot would lead you to think otherwise.

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Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra... by thepasswordis on Friday May 14, 2021 @11:20PM (#27162023)

Do you think that when you get into an airplane and engage the autopilot that the pilot just like...goes to sleep?

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Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra... by rnoises on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:38AM (#27162423)

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Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra... by toast0 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @02:05AM (#27162839)

"The person in the driver's seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself."

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