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Autopilot has saved my life multiple times. Don’t take advice about this from people who’ve never been in a Tesla.

gambiting 6y ago
Wait, but there's a significant difference between "automated system saved my life" and "automated system didn't kill me" Like, my own car has several features which I believe are enough to prevent 90% of accidents in urban settings. But I find it hard to interpret when someone says "autopilot saved my life" - like, you mean "autopilot didn't kill me"? Because if it merely stopped hitting something then I really don't understand how you can be certain that 1) you wouldn't have avoided the collision by yourself 2) you wouldn't have avoided the collision with exisitng systems without going full autopilot And I have been in a Tesla(few actually) and I personally think that they way Tesla does it is the worst possible implementation - it gives you so much confidence that you really stop paying attention(even though you absolutely should never ever do that) only to spontantiously decide QUICK! HUMAN, TAKE OVER! in the middle of a turn. Like, if I owned a Tesla I'm sure I'd love the autopilot, but I also think it's far too dangerous to be forming any kind of statements like "we'll have full self driving rollout by 2025-2028" based on it.
DoomHotel 6y ago
My Subaru's stability control system may not have saved my life, but it saved my sheet metal several times. I still wouldn't let it pilot my car.
tibbydudeza 6y ago
And so has ABS and traction control from rather expensive visits to the panel beater. "saving your life" - never been in such a situation before except once in my life when I encountered a parked tractor trailer at the side of a country road in the middle of the night without any working lights. I saw it when the high beams hit the rear reflectors and reflective number plate and I swerved out slightly without a major correction otherwise it would been a rollover. Multiple times ????.
gizmondo 6y ago
Jesus, you must be a terrible driver!
- arcanon 6y ago
  Autopilot avoids the other terrible drivers you dont see coming

Wait, but there's a significant difference between "automated system saved my life" and "automated system didn't kill me" Like, my own car has several features which I believe are enough to prevent 90% of accidents in urban settings. But I find it hard to interpret when someone says "autopilot saved my life" - like, you mean "autopilot didn't kill me"? Because if it merely stopped hitting something then I really don't understand how you can be certain that 1) you wouldn't have avoided the collision by yourself 2) you wouldn't have avoided the collision with exisitng systems without going full autopilot And I have been in a Tesla(few actually) and I personally think that they way Tesla does it is the worst possible implementation - it gives you so much confidence that you really stop paying attention(even though you absolutely should never ever do that) only to spontantiously decide QUICK! HUMAN, TAKE OVER! in the middle of a turn. Like, if I owned a Tesla I'm sure I'd love the autopilot, but I also think it's far too dangerous to be forming any kind of statements like "we'll have full self driving rollout by 2025-2028" based on it.

DoomHotel 6y ago

My Subaru's stability control system may not have saved my life, but it saved my sheet metal several times. I still wouldn't let it pilot my car.

tibbydudeza 6y ago

And so has ABS and traction control from rather expensive visits to the panel beater. "saving your life" - never been in such a situation before except once in my life when I encountered a parked tractor trailer at the side of a country road in the middle of the night without any working lights. I saw it when the high beams hit the rear reflectors and reflective number plate and I swerved out slightly without a major correction otherwise it would been a rollover. Multiple times ????.

gizmondo 6y ago

Jesus, you must be a terrible driver!

arcanon 6y ago
Autopilot avoids the other terrible drivers you dont see coming