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Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn't fix it (www.theregister.com)

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Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn't fix it::Software's alleged inability to handle cross traffic central to court battle after two road deaths

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[+] [email protected] -14 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Everybody who has a bit of an idea what an autopilot in a plane actually does is not mislead. Do people really think that commercial airline pilots just hit the “autopilot” button in their cockpit after disengaging the boarding ramp and then lean back until the boarding ramp at the destination is attached?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (7 children)

They're not buying a plane though. They're buying a car with an autopilot that is labeled as "full self driving". That term does imply it will handle a complete route from A to B.

People are wrongly buying into the marketing hype and that is causing crashes.

I'm very concerned about some of the things I've seen regarding FSD on Teslas. Such as sudden hard braking on highways, failing to avoid an accident (but it's OK it disengaged seconds before impact so the human was in control) and of course the viral video of FSD trying to kill a cyclist.

They should not be allowed to market the feature this way and I don't think it should be openly available to normal users as it is now. It's just too dangerous to put in the hands (or not) of normal drivers.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've never sat in a Tesla, so I'm not really sure, but based on the things I've read online, autopilot and FSD are two different systems on Tesla cars you can engage separately. There shouldn't be any confusion about this.