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_Citation Needed_ - I agree we'll get there eventually, but is it currently lower?
by jonahhorowitz 7y ago
_Citation Needed_ - I agree we'll get there eventually, but is it currently lower?
- mannykannot 7y agoI think it is likely that certain aspects of the system, such as emergency braking, improve safety, but it may be that the more advanced features (those that actually allow the driver to get away with not paying attention, most of the time) do not. If this is the case -- and I am not saying it is, we need more data -- then the effectiveness of the former should not be used to cover up shortcomings in the latter. If, as Tesla insists, these autopilot crashes are all due to the driver not paying attention, then it seems very plausible that a better attention-detecting system (one that tracked the driver's gaze, for example) would improve safety. Of course, if the system required drivers to do what Tesla says they should be doing, it would not be so appealing. And if, as Musk is saying, drivers are confused or mistaken about the capabilities of the vehicle, then the first response should be to stop making ambivalent statements about them.