Re:Tesla FSD Beta Lunges Toward Bicyclist
by heavyset_go on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @09:44PM
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> It looks like it sees the cyclist and goes right ahead into them. Anybody have an explanation for this behavior?
Its sensitivity was probably lowered because it would brake "too often" for a comfortable consumer product if it was sufficiently cautious enough to avoid hitting pedestrians.
This is what happened with the Uber self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian[1]. The system detected the pedestrian as an obstruction, but Uber had programmed the system to ignore it because of "phantom braking". Instead of braking, it proceeded to strike and kill the pedestrian.
Its sensitivity was probably lowered because it would brake "too often" for a comfortable consumer product if it was sufficiently cautious enough to avoid hitting pedestrians.
This is what happened with the Uber self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian[1]. The system detected the pedestrian as an obstruction, but Uber had programmed the system to ignore it because of "phantom braking". Instead of braking, it proceeded to strike and kill the pedestrian.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg