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> That's a very unfortunate choice of words. Solid lol, but I stand by it! > Maybe you are an exceptional driver, to be able to be vigilant at all times even

> That's a very unfortunate choice of words. Solid lol, but I stand by it! > Maybe you are an exceptional driver, to be able to be vigilant at all times even when AP is active. I've had driving moments I'm not proud of. But it's because I was being dumb, not because Autopilot made me do it. I think the relevant question is: does Autopilot make people less attentive? I have no data on this. My personal experience is that most drivers are already inattentive, and Autopilot (1) makes it easier to be attentive (for a driver who chooses to be); and (2) is better than the alternative in cases where a driver is already inattentive. > Even so, it would probably only take one instance where you weren't in time to change your mind on all this (assuming you'd survive) so until then it is a very literal case of survivors bias. I hope I'd be more thoughtful and independent than that, but maybe you're right. But I don't think my view in the face of a terrible accident should be what drives policy, either.[1] On the issue of survivorship bias, I would add that "Man Doesn't Text While Driving, Resulting in No Accident" isn't a headline that you're likely to read. I see a much greater quantity of bias in the failure cases that are reported and discussed than in the survivorship stories told (as evidenced by the proportions of comments and opinions here, vs in a user community like TMC or /r/teslamotors). I posted my experience because I think it brings more to this comment thread in particular than my survivorship bias detracts from it. > Which makes me wonder how that person that died the other week felt about their autopilot right up to the fatal crash. See: [1]

jacquesm 9y ago
> I think the relevant question is: does Autopilot make people less attentive? There are large bodies of knowledge about this gained from studies regarding trains and airline pilots and the conclusion seems to be uniformly that it is much harder to suddenly jump into an already problematic situation than it is to deal with that situation when you were engaged all along. > On the issue of survivorship bias, I would add that "Man Doesn't Text While Driving, Resulting in No Accident" isn't a headline that you're likely to read. It's one of the reasons I don't have a smartphone, I consider them distraction machines.

jacquesm 9y ago

> I think the relevant question is: does Autopilot make people less attentive? There are large bodies of knowledge about this gained from studies regarding trains and airline pilots and the conclusion seems to be uniformly that it is much harder to suddenly jump into an already problematic situation than it is to deal with that situation when you were engaged all along. > On the issue of survivorship bias, I would add that "Man Doesn't Text While Driving, Resulting in No Accident" isn't a headline that you're likely to read. It's one of the reasons I don't have a smartphone, I consider them distraction machines.