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At last some "positive news" with regards to autopilot. As much as I love the feature and it's progressiveness, I'm afraid the authorities might shut it down be

by ricw 10y ago

At last some "positive news" with regards to autopilot. As much as I love the feature and it's progressiveness, I'm afraid the authorities might shut it down because of public safety concerns. Which might have some truth to it in the short term, though in the long run it almost certainly will be superior to the average human safety record. On another note, it's interesting how often the autopilot is often blamed despite not being on. Thankfully that can easily be verified. The damage has been done nonetheless..

slaunchwise 10y ago
>> I'm afraid the authorities might shut it down because of public safety concerns Yup. Dead people are certainly a public safety concern. Pesky dead people!
- cloudjacker 10y ago
  A premature optimization neglecting those killed in cars whose company CEOs didn't tweet about them.
- imgabe 10y ago
  Like the 30,000+ dead people from car accidents caused by human driver error every year?
Shivetya 10y ago
Positive? Not really. So the driver turned it on and didn't complete the activation process. So why didn't the car detect that and slow down? So did he try to activate it or not? If he attempted to activate it but did not complete the sequence of events the car should have been overt about warning about it. Perhaps before you can use it they should require people get trained on how to use it correctly? The public should not be beta testing software of this type on public roads. There are many other methods to do so with better control, specifically trained employees in direct or indirect employment. It could be tested on fleet vehicles or the like. Its still only driving in ideal weather and road conditions, while a nice feature its just an advanced cruise control. It certainly does not earn its name "autopilot". Lets be honest, any other company doing this would have been accused of recklessness

by ricw 10y ago

slaunchwise 10y ago

>> I'm afraid the authorities might shut it down because of public safety concerns Yup. Dead people are certainly a public safety concern. Pesky dead people!

cloudjacker 10y ago
A premature optimization neglecting those killed in cars whose company CEOs didn't tweet about them.
imgabe 10y ago
Like the 30,000+ dead people from car accidents caused by human driver error every year?

Shivetya 10y ago

Positive? Not really. So the driver turned it on and didn't complete the activation process. So why didn't the car detect that and slow down? So did he try to activate it or not? If he attempted to activate it but did not complete the sequence of events the car should have been overt about warning about it. Perhaps before you can use it they should require people get trained on how to use it correctly? The public should not be beta testing software of this type on public roads. There are many other methods to do so with better control, specifically trained employees in direct or indirect employment. It could be tested on fleet vehicles or the like. Its still only driving in ideal weather and road conditions, while a nice feature its just an advanced cruise control. It certainly does not earn its name "autopilot". Lets be honest, any other company doing this would have been accused of recklessness