Re:Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone i...
by tialaramex on Thursday November 24, 2022 @07:54AM
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As I understand it this is Tesla's hypothetical Level 4 automation. Except Tesla doesn't really offer that, so this "beta" is really Level 2 but sold like it's a bigger deal.
SAE automation level 2 means the machine can do some of the boring parts of driving, but you as driver are actually always responsible, you are required to overrule the machine whenever it does something which was a bad idea and that's somehow not Tesla's fault. If you somehow fall asleep while a level 2 car is "driving" you're possibly never going to wake up, and if you do chances are any collision or other damage is your fault.
At level 4, the machine will either do its job or safely give up. So it's OK to be asleep, although it's possible when you wake up you're like "God damn it car, I wanted to be in Boston by now, and you've just sat here moaning about a little bit of snow just outside Plattsburgh all night"...
(At level 5 the machine should drive in any reasonable conditions, this probably gets very elastic about what constitutes a "reasonable" condition for driving - is this car level 5 despite the fact it won't drive in a blizzard? Maybe not driving in a blizzard isn't cowardice but common sense? A dirt track seems fine in a 4WD with AI, but how about this boulder-strewn mountain path?)
SAE automation level 2 means the machine can do some of the boring parts of driving, but you as driver are actually always responsible, you are required to overrule the machine whenever it does something which was a bad idea and that's somehow not Tesla's fault. If you somehow fall asleep while a level 2 car is "driving" you're possibly never going to wake up, and if you do chances are any collision or other damage is your fault.
At level 4, the machine will either do its job or safely give up. So it's OK to be asleep, although it's possible when you wake up you're like "God damn it car, I wanted to be in Boston by now, and you've just sat here moaning about a little bit of snow just outside Plattsburgh all night"...
(At level 5 the machine should drive in any reasonable conditions, this probably gets very elastic about what constitutes a "reasonable" condition for driving - is this car level 5 despite the fact it won't drive in a blizzard? Maybe not driving in a blizzard isn't cowardice but common sense? A dirt track seems fine in a 4WD with AI, but how about this boulder-strewn mountain path?)