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Isn’t this the kind of situation where the autopilot is meant to slam your brakes on and make you think it’s magic?

• soheil 5y ago
  No, but there are many adjacent cases where it does do that, however, due to selection bias you will never hear about them.
  • skhr0680 5y ago
    A car’s autopilot braking in the nick of time to avoid an “invisible” obstacle is basically a perfect viral video, surely that would be a top post here and on Facebook and Reddit if it existed
    • trompetenaccoun 5y ago
      Absolutely right, this should be considered the bare minimum of driver assist, let alone "self driving".
    • soheil 5y ago
      That would be real magic. Magic is numerous cases where Autopilot does end up avoiding accidents in otherwise mundane situations that most people don't even think about, but over time does make a big dent in the number of fatalities.