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I'm so sick of this overly negative and defeatist way of thinking. You don't have to go back in time all that far to have people from that time think most thin

by nscalf 5y ago

I'm so sick of this overly negative and defeatist way of thinking. You don't have to go back in time all that far to have people from that time think most things in our day to day life would be impossible to make. Maybe you don't realize this, but Elon knows he isn't setting easy goals. He knows they'll miss sometimes, but having a deadline and all eyes on you helps progress. But yeah sure, let's just keep selling ads back and forth forever and push down anyone who tries to do anything good for society. Great input.

disabled 5y ago
Dude, I am an electrical engineering graduate student, who is proficient in controls, among other things. I also am very aware of what is technologically possible, versus what is a marketing gimmick. Musk has been in trouble several times with the NTSB, which is not an honorable thing to be on your record. It is unsafe to drive any self-driving car without full human attention. This is going to be this way for quite awhile. It was irresponsible of Musk not to integrate technologies to ensure that the human at the wheel was paying attention to the road (eye gaze analysis, posture, facial emotions, hands on the wheel detection, etc.) for every single second that the driver was operating the car, with a mode such as autopilot.
- jp42 5y ago
  It's already there. no seat belts, hand not on wheel, etc the car slows down and parks on the side of the road. I suggest you research and verify yourself.
  - xedeon 5y ago
    It's discouraging that so many users here are absolutist now. There use to be insightful conversations. Now it seemed to have devolved to nothing but dunking and negative (typically wrong) attitudes. Just like this comment claiming that they're an EE student. Yet, everything they claimed can be easily disproved. Objective thinking be damned... It reminds me of the CoinBase and Dropbox replies: https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1382724197458214917 https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/13827241974582149... https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1382727544223371267 https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/13827275442233712...

by nscalf 5y ago

disabled 5y ago

Dude, I am an electrical engineering graduate student, who is proficient in controls, among other things. I also am very aware of what is technologically possible, versus what is a marketing gimmick. Musk has been in trouble several times with the NTSB, which is not an honorable thing to be on your record. It is unsafe to drive any self-driving car without full human attention. This is going to be this way for quite awhile. It was irresponsible of Musk not to integrate technologies to ensure that the human at the wheel was paying attention to the road (eye gaze analysis, posture, facial emotions, hands on the wheel detection, etc.) for every single second that the driver was operating the car, with a mode such as autopilot.

jp42 5y ago
It's already there. no seat belts, hand not on wheel, etc the car slows down and parks on the side of the road. I suggest you research and verify yourself.
- xedeon 5y ago
  It's discouraging that so many users here are absolutist now. There use to be insightful conversations. Now it seemed to have devolved to nothing but dunking and negative (typically wrong) attitudes. Just like this comment claiming that they're an EE student. Yet, everything they claimed can be easily disproved. Objective thinking be damned... It reminds me of the CoinBase and Dropbox replies: https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1382724197458214917 https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/13827241974582149... https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1382727544223371267 https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/13827275442233712...