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I’m reminded of GWB’s “soft bigotry of low expectations”. (Even if you didn’t like him, it remains apt.) Sorry, most drivers I’ve seen avoid the kid that follo

I’m reminded of GWB’s “soft bigotry of low expectations”. (Even if you didn’t like him, it remains apt.) Sorry, most drivers I’ve seen avoid the kid that follows the bouncing ball into the street and all the other random events. A few drivers are crap. But justifying automation based on that few is lazy and incorrect. Elon is just full of his own crap on Tesla’s autopilot.

logifail 5y ago
> most drivers I’ve seen avoid the kid that follows the bouncing ball into the street and all the other random events I've seen many poor drivers over the decades, but can't think of any human drivers who would reliably and repeatably crash into a stationary fire truck in their lane. "Full Self Driving" vehicles, on the other hand... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-06/spotting-a-fire-truck-ahead-is-easy-for-people-not-so-for-cars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-06/spotting-... https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-why-crash-radar/ https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-why-crash-radar/ https://slate.com/technology/2021/08/teslas-allegedly-hitting-emergency-vehicles-why-it-could-be-happening.html https://slate.com/technology/2021/08/teslas-allegedly-hittin...