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Autobraking is a great technology that has been around for a few years (BMW was selling it in 2013), but nobody touted it as a self-driving feature. My point i
by jayjay71 10y ago
Autobraking is a great technology that has been around for a few years (BMW was selling it in 2013), but nobody touted it as a self-driving feature. My point isn't that working on this technology is bad, my point is people expect it to do more than it can.
- stale2002 10y agoThat doesn't mean it isn't a self driving feature.... Automated accident prevention sounds awfully related to self driving. The technology has been around, but it isn't deployed to the majority of cars yet. What I am saying is that self driving technology doesn't have to be perfect for it to change the world. It doesn't matter if we are a ways away from getting to the "nobody owns a car, and everyone just uses self driving Ubers" future. Because the current, shit accident prevention technology can ALREADY change the world, even if it is "just" by cutting accidents in half and saving "only" 40,000 lives every year.
- jayjay71 10y agoI agree, and that's great! But when a company sells a feature called Autopilot, and it's marketed as a car that drives itself, I have an issue when someone dies and the company spins bad statistics to defend its practice. Incremental improvements that save lives and make driving better are fantastic. Overselling a feature that can kill people is not.