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>Let's take the most conservative interpretation... I disagree that your interpretation is the most conservative interpretation. The most conservative interpre
by frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
>Let's take the most conservative interpretation...
I disagree that your interpretation is the most conservative interpretation. The most conservative interpretation is that we know basically nothing about the safety of Tesla's autopilot. There are so many unaccounted variables here - the presence of AEB and collision detection, total utilization of TACC vs TACC + Autosteer, utilization of Autosteer over time (for example: are people conservative with it at first and then gradually increase their usage into riskier driving situations?), non-airbag accidents, the constantly updating nature of Autopilot systems (for example what if an update actually makes the vehicle less safe?), whether people have more accidents initially driving any EV due to being unfamiliar with the instant torque of EVs and so on and so on. Mix in proprietary data which no one is willing to share and I think the only thing we can say is that we don't know.
Also:
>it shows that autopilot is at least no worse than a human driver.
It does not show that!
There are human driven miles in both buckets, for all we know the second bucket could have more human driven miles than the first bucket which is why the accident rate is lower. Tesla has never proven that it's Autopilot system is safer than or as safe as a human driver.