News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws. Parent comment

Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by izacus on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:47AM (#38625931)
Nah mate, fixing your cat photos app is not the same thing as fixing software that killed people.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by brightball on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:16AM (#38626262)
Did it kill people?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by windexh8er on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:27AM (#38626365)
From this article [0] in October of 2023"...Autopilot have been involved in more than 700 crashes, at least 19 of them fatal, since its introduction in 2014..."

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/t...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by mensetmanusman on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:47AM (#38626562)
With everyone on their phones now while driving, I wonder if cat photos have killed more.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by izacus on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @08:35AM (#38627104)
Fortunately, cats usually aren't given control over a steering wheel :)

Tesla software is.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by keep_reading on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @08:05AM (#38626738)
Pretty sure Instagram thots and memes have killed more than Teslas. I'd bet a lot of money on that.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by Robotbeat on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @09:19AM (#38627700)
Since autopilot is used on a substantial fraction (one third?) of miles driven by Teslas, this is another way of saying that Teslas are not yet invincible to crashes.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by mavhc on Thursday December 14, 2023 @04:49AM (#38639594)
Involvement doesn't mean caused.

Also how many lives has it saved?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by isodev on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:20AM (#38626295)
Yup
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by guil177 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:09AM (#38626194)
Phones hold sensitive datas, banking stuffs. I never heard about recall when a security flaw is fixed on a phone by a software update.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by 4ad on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:58AM (#38626055)
From a user experience perspective it is exactly the same. The user doesn't have to send their hardware away.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws by izacus on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:07AM (#38626168)
It actually isn't - hence the "filing". Tesla needs to notify people to update their software, even those that don't have wifi or 4G available for updates for whatever reason.
[ Parent | on HN ]