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I am bullish both on Autopilot and Tesla. That said, I don't think lying about numbers is a good thing. They weren't any death on Tesla model S until now. So, s
by hartator 10y ago
I am bullish both on Autopilot and Tesla. That said, I don't think lying about numbers is a good thing. They weren't any death on Tesla model S until now. So, saying using Autopilot is still safer than driving 'manually' is a lie. Tesla was comparing itself to the average not so good US average car. I think it is a bit of a stretch. I will still use it though.
- takeda 10y agoKeep in mind that autopilot is relatively young feature. This feature is a double edged sword, it helps driver that pays attention, but at the same it allows driver to be distracted. The distraction is especially bad since most of the time the feature works well so with time it makes you less careful.
- sevenless 10y agoWe also don't know yet how safe Tesla is. There's hardly any data. You can't do any kind of utility calculus with comically huge error bars. If we assume a death is binomially distributed, 1 death in 100 million kilometers is consistent with a real rate of anywhere between 0.03 and 3.7 deaths per 100 million kilometers. That's a big bracket.