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If you read the linked Verge article at the end you'll see that Tesla's manual instructs that the user of Summon mode must monitor the vehicle and be prepared t
by Buttons840 11y ago
If you read the linked Verge article at the end you'll see that Tesla's manual instructs that the user of Summon mode must monitor the vehicle and be prepared to stop it at any time. If this is the case, which according to Tesla's manual is the case, then a simple remote control operation would be better overall. If the user must monitor the car the whole time they mine as well just take control. No need for any smarts from the car itself.
- Super_Jambo 11y agoThere's no indication that the guy was aware he put it in Summon mode. He double tapped something he was trying to single tap and then didn't respond to a modal popup as he was exiting the vehicle. This is not a UI interaction that should result in the car driving off by itself. Humans are fallible.
- alphapapa 11y agoSeriously, imagine an episode of Star Trek where the computer hears the captain asking the engineer a question about the self-destruct sequence, and the computer hears the magic words "self-destruct sequence" and pops up a dialog box on a nearby console saying, "Self-destruct sequence activated. Press CANCEL to cancel." Well guess what, nobody expected the computer to activate the self-destruct sequence just because someone happened to mention it, so no one was looking at the console, so no one canceled it, so the ship blew up. Way to go, Tesla. Great UI design there. I'll be glad to entrust my life to your software on the highway...