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Talking 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
by mikejb 6y ago
Talking 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.