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Nothing to show except thousands of vehicles collecting data and doing partially autonomous driving, you mean. That's way more progress than other auto manufact
by Dumblydorr 6y ago
Nothing to show except thousands of vehicles collecting data and doing partially autonomous driving, you mean. That's way more progress than other auto manufacturers, most of whom are going to be riding coat tails of a tech company to autonomy.
- mikejb 6y agoTalking about data collection is a slippery slope. Surprisingly little of a Tesla ride gets transmitted, so whilst it seems like "A huge fleet of cars out there is collecting driving data", only a tiny amount of it is used to train. And so far, Tesla has a driver assist feature, and a lot of promises that get postponed every time the deadline is up. Their current set of feature outshines most car manufacturers, yes - but you have to remember: Tesla seems that far ahead because - unlike most other manufacturers - they push their beta-features to the production fleet. [Edit]: I should note: I don't subscribe to the sentiment that Tesla is "completely faking it" - I think they very much oversell their capabilities, and are nowhere near the point where the driver can stop paying attention (which to me is a core component of autonomy).
- ghaff 6y agoCertainly miles/time for adding training data and to refine driving rules is important. But there's also a naive belief out there that piling on the mileage somehow directly leads to "better driving" and that's mostly just not the case.
- RivieraKid 6y agoThat doesn't mean they're anywhere close to self-driving. Anyone can start collecting data and do partially autonomous self-driving with a modest investment - this is a solved problem.