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>Utterly unbelievable, yet also totally unsurprising given everything else that's come out about Boeing recently. What amazes me is that the same thing is happ
by aguyfromnb 7y ago
>Utterly unbelievable, yet also totally unsurprising given everything else that's come out about Boeing recently.
What amazes me is that the same thing is happening with Tesla, but HN hardly bats an eye, because Silicon Valley:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-push-to-build-a-self-driving-car-sparks-dissent-among-its-engineers-1503593742 https://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-push-to-build-a-self-dri...
Engineers speaking up and getting fired or resigning. What's worse is that, as opposed to having a choice to fly on a 737 MAX, driving on autopilot on public roads puts other people at risk.
- elcomet 7y agoBut a car involves far less people than a plane.
- _ph_ 7y agoThere is a very fundamental difference. The Tesla autopilot is a mere driving assist system. Like with plain cruise control, the driver is still fully in charge and needs to pay enough attention to take over at any moment. All accidents happened because drivers were not paying attention at all. With the Boeing, the MCAS system put the 737 in a flight state which trained pilots couldn't recover from.
- aguyfromnb 7y ago>The Tesla autopilot is a mere driving assist system. Yes, when you follow ambiguous instructions, which contradict things like, "Only waiting for regulatory approval!", or"1 million robotaxis this year!" or "Cars can drive by themselves coast-to-coast!"
- _ph_ 7y agoThe instructions given to the owner of a Tesla are not ambiguous. No where it is claimed that the Tesla drives itself without supervision.