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I'm both excited and skeptical. There was a similar demo in 2016 and then repeated claims that full self driving ("coast to coast with no interventions") was le
by matt2000 7y ago
I'm both excited and skeptical. There was a similar demo in 2016 and then repeated claims that full self driving ("coast to coast with no interventions") was less than a year away. How is this different? Apparently people at the event were taken on demo rides and it was very impressive. However, Tesla's current system has several notable issues like crashing into stationary vehicles at highway speeds. So what's the truth here? Very exciting if this is the breakthrough we've been waiting for, but I'm skeptical of all claims until released into the wild and shown to be generally true.
- sidcool 7y agoClaims are that the self driving capabilities have increased dramatically since 3 years.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoThe new systems are vastly improved over the ones from the last few years. I have a 4 year old one. They were explicit that you have to keep your hands up and on the wheel, but they still chose that vastly too suggestive name "autopilot". I want to see more explicit public testing, even though I own (an older) one. I want to see them test it with people walking on the side of the road, walking across the road, riding a bike on the side. Someone weaving or suddenly stepping in the road. Those are the things I want to be reassured about. My car is great at following roads with lines on them or just cars, if the lines peter out.
- sidcool 7y agoI am not supporting Elon or Tesla, but they did mention that Autopilot in Tesla is akin to how it's used in flights. Pilots are required to be vigilant at all times. It's more of assist than FSD.
- JoshTko 7y agoPilots are highly trained at flying and will fully understand what Autopilot in planes can and cannot do. To apply this logic for an application that will be used by mass consumers is a bit reckless.