Re:New Jersey Legislators Aim to Ban Most In-Car Subscriptions
by userbinator on Thursday October 20, 2022 @08:11PM
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Allowing people to opt out of upgrades but keep their older FSD just means a bunch of vehicles on the road with depreciated safety features.
...which is perfectly fine and has been the status quo since the beginning of the automotive era --- vehicles only need to meet the safety requirements when they were manufactured.
Re:New Jersey Legislators Aim to Ban Most In-Car Subscriptions
by kyleee on Thursday October 20, 2022 @10:12PM
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Not perfectly fine in the context of “move fast and break things” software dev cycle used for safety critical things like auto pilot. Out of date auto pilot versions are going to have vulnerabilities and bugs (known and unknown) that will likely cause death, destruction, etc. on public roads
Re:New Jersey Legislators Aim to Ban Most In-Car Subscriptions
by userbinator on Friday October 21, 2022 @12:45AM
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known and unknown) that will likely cause death, destruction, etc. on public roads
...and so do human brains...
As long as the driver is still liable, I don't see a problem.
Agree with your overall point. However, this probably isn’t feasible considering most companies will follow Tesla’s FSD upgrade model.
Autopilot / FSD upgrades are often more safety than feature related. Allowing people to opt out of upgrades but keep their older FSD just means a bunch of vehicles on the road with depreciated safety features.