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Re:Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists... by Gud on Sunday April 06, 2025 @10:51AM (#43601822)
Not at all. The car should be smart enough to figure out which sensor is faulty. Otherwise, the car should not be driving itself at all.

It's more like, a pilot has access to multiple sensors. Which they do.

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Re:Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists... by swid on Sunday April 06, 2025 @10:56AM (#43601867)
The comment you are replying to is saying the chance of error decreases with more pilots since there is redundancy. They are not saying it’s like too many chefs in a kitchen.
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Re:Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists... by lucianbr on Sunday April 06, 2025 @11:34AM (#43602178)
The comment really needs the words "each pilot acts as a backup for the other pilots" added, or something similar.
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Re:Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists... by Gud on Sunday April 06, 2025 @11:15AM (#43602029)
Ah thanks, misunderstood!
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Re:Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists... by Volundr on Sunday April 06, 2025 @11:03AM (#43601907)
I think you and GP are in agreement. If you have a sensor with a really bad .5 chance of failure, by having to your chance of failure decreases to 0.5^2=0.25.
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Re:Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists... by throwaway31131 on Sunday April 06, 2025 @01:31PM (#43603180)
if fails are independent...
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Re:Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Rear-Ending Motorcyclists... by Volundr on Sunday April 06, 2025 @04:24PM (#43604665)
Right, that was also discussed in the comment.
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