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It's great that you're willing to die for Tesla's profit, but you realize that autonomous vehicle-induced crashes affect everyone on the road? Even someone who

It's great that you're willing to die for Tesla's profit, but you realize that autonomous vehicle-induced crashes affect everyone on the road? Even someone who doesn't consent to Tesla's TOS is still sharing the road with potentially dangerous software. Granted, individual drivers are awful enough that it probably doesn't make that huge a difference in danger. But would you still feel the way if a family member was killed in an accident where their human-controlled car was rear-ended by a Tesla?

jstanley 8y ago
I don't think he said he's willing to die. He said he's willing to test it, and presumably he'll continue concentrating and will manually take over if the car does something dangerous.
- FireBeyond 8y ago
  He came fairly close, honestly. "I'm going to do my best not to die, but I'm excited about this tech" is recognizing, and accepting that death is a possibility as a result of Tesla's self driving process.
  - breakyerself 8y ago
    There's risk of dying every time I get behind the wheel of any car. There's no benefit to pretending real risk doesn't exist in any given scenario. I'm confident that I can be attentive and cautious enough using this tech to keep the risk similar to what it would be just driving normally.
- atomicUpdate 8y ago
  That's assuming he's always able to intervene before it kills him. The argument is that he may not always be able to or prevent AP from behaving erratically enough that results in killing someone else (while he saves his own life).
Dumblydorr 8y ago
Everyone puts their lives in the hands of other machines daily, for instance brakes or automated elevators or medical devices; driving is an inherently dangerous activity. Computer or human won't change that. If we delay computers getting better than humans, we will just have status quo which is 30k or more road deaths yearly in the US.
- txcwpalpha 8y ago
  Elevators and medical devices go through extensive testing and certification processes before they ever go near being put into service. And when they are updated, they again go through extensive testing and certification. Teslas, on the other hand, apparently change their handling and driving profile overnight at the whim of the software engineers at Tesla, without even telling the drivers, and introducing bugs like the OP that are liable to get someone killed. They are not the same, and comparing them only highlights the issues that Tesla has around their OTA update practice.
  - paul7986 8y ago
    Insane such type of commits into production need to be government regulated and scrutinized.
  - DarmokJalad1701 8y ago
    > apparently change their handling and driving profile overnight at the whim of the software engineers at Tesla, without even telling the drivers OTA updates only happen after confirmed by the users. Where did you hear that it happens without user intervention?
    - javagram 8y ago
      According to the linked Reddit poster “ Tesla's only release notes for this release were DOG MODE and SENTRY MODE. They don't tell you there is a massive change to AP and to reset your expectations.“
    - FireBeyond 8y ago
vonmoltke 8y ago
> But would you still feel the way if a family member was killed in an accident where their human-controlled car was rear-ended by a Tesla? I don't have a dog in this fight, but appeals to emotion in order to drive irrational thinking do not make for constructive debate.
- benj111 8y ago
  I disagree. The gp said they're a "Willing guinea pig". The parent pointed out it isn't just their lives on the line, but others, potentially including their family. That isn't irrational at all. Or an appeal to emotion.
- rchaud 8y ago
  > appeals to emotion in order to drive irrational thinking do not make for constructive debate. In a perfect world, sure. Real world, you will never have an inherently emotional situation (road safety) where the only voices heard are those of completely detached individuals. As humans, we have to figure out ways to connect with them, and empathize with what they're feeling. Simply dismissing their concerns as driven by emotion isn't a winning strategy.
  - vonmoltke 8y ago
    Understanding the emotional reactions of people to situations is important. "How would you feel if"-type statements do not do that. They do, and are often intended to, shut down conversation instead of foster it.

jstanley 8y ago

I don't think he said he's willing to die. He said he's willing to test it, and presumably he'll continue concentrating and will manually take over if the car does something dangerous.

FireBeyond 8y ago
He came fairly close, honestly. "I'm going to do my best not to die, but I'm excited about this tech" is recognizing, and accepting that death is a possibility as a result of Tesla's self driving process.
- breakyerself 8y ago
  There's risk of dying every time I get behind the wheel of any car. There's no benefit to pretending real risk doesn't exist in any given scenario. I'm confident that I can be attentive and cautious enough using this tech to keep the risk similar to what it would be just driving normally.
atomicUpdate 8y ago
That's assuming he's always able to intervene before it kills him. The argument is that he may not always be able to or prevent AP from behaving erratically enough that results in killing someone else (while he saves his own life).

Dumblydorr 8y ago

Everyone puts their lives in the hands of other machines daily, for instance brakes or automated elevators or medical devices; driving is an inherently dangerous activity. Computer or human won't change that. If we delay computers getting better than humans, we will just have status quo which is 30k or more road deaths yearly in the US.

txcwpalpha 8y ago
Elevators and medical devices go through extensive testing and certification processes before they ever go near being put into service. And when they are updated, they again go through extensive testing and certification. Teslas, on the other hand, apparently change their handling and driving profile overnight at the whim of the software engineers at Tesla, without even telling the drivers, and introducing bugs like the OP that are liable to get someone killed. They are not the same, and comparing them only highlights the issues that Tesla has around their OTA update practice.
- paul7986 8y ago
  Insane such type of commits into production need to be government regulated and scrutinized.
- DarmokJalad1701 8y ago
  > apparently change their handling and driving profile overnight at the whim of the software engineers at Tesla, without even telling the drivers OTA updates only happen after confirmed by the users. Where did you hear that it happens without user intervention?
  - javagram 8y ago
    According to the linked Reddit poster “ Tesla's only release notes for this release were DOG MODE and SENTRY MODE. They don't tell you there is a massive change to AP and to reset your expectations.“
  - FireBeyond 8y ago

vonmoltke 8y ago

> But would you still feel the way if a family member was killed in an accident where their human-controlled car was rear-ended by a Tesla? I don't have a dog in this fight, but appeals to emotion in order to drive irrational thinking do not make for constructive debate.

benj111 8y ago
I disagree. The gp said they're a "Willing guinea pig". The parent pointed out it isn't just their lives on the line, but others, potentially including their family. That isn't irrational at all. Or an appeal to emotion.
rchaud 8y ago
> appeals to emotion in order to drive irrational thinking do not make for constructive debate. In a perfect world, sure. Real world, you will never have an inherently emotional situation (road safety) where the only voices heard are those of completely detached individuals. As humans, we have to figure out ways to connect with them, and empathize with what they're feeling. Simply dismissing their concerns as driven by emotion isn't a winning strategy.
- vonmoltke 8y ago
  Understanding the emotional reactions of people to situations is important. "How would you feel if"-type statements do not do that. They do, and are often intended to, shut down conversation instead of foster it.