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> Can we be sure that the average driver who has received no special training in the matter will be able to take over from an autopilot in a split second when d

> Can we be sure that the average driver who has received no special training in the matter will be able to take over from an autopilot in a split second when driving at high speeds? The beta system controls for this by only allowing in people who score 98 or above in Tesla's safety surveillance program. The restrictions are tight enough that you have to actively try to be a safe driver to get anywhere close to the cutoff (some people even got pissed off because their score went down because someone brake checked them and they had to decelerate too quickly). Not everyone who buys FSD gets into the beta. > If/when the system is rolled out at scale will drivers actually comprehend that? The only ethical way to roll this out at a wider scale than the scale allowed by the safety surveillance program is if it's good enough to avoid incidents like the one depicted here. I think we can all conclude that Tesla deserves the fat lawsuits if they were to green light FSD in the state it is in today. > but no one can bring a dead pedestrian back to life. An unfortunate fact of life, hopefully made irrelevant by the comeuppance of autonomous transportation technology (including but not limited to automobiles) that makes motor vehicle accidents a thing of the past. Until we get there, though, someone has to keep trying.

Karrot_Kream 5y ago
> An unfortunate fact of life, hopefully made irrelevant by the comeuppance of autonomous transportation technology (including but not limited to automobiles) that makes motor vehicle accidents a thing of the past. Until we get there, though, someone has to keep trying. Autonomous transportation already exists, it already works, and it's _already safe_! It just isn't deployed for private automobiles, it's deployed on rail-based transit systems. The technology is widely deployed across Europe and Asia. How many more people need to die to let Americans have a more comfortable ride in their private vehicles?
- judge2020 5y ago
  > How many more people need to die to let Americans have a more comfortable ride in their private vehicles? That's the entire point of America. We have so much space, so we make every effort to use it, regardless of the consequences.

Karrot_Kream 5y ago

> An unfortunate fact of life, hopefully made irrelevant by the comeuppance of autonomous transportation technology (including but not limited to automobiles) that makes motor vehicle accidents a thing of the past. Until we get there, though, someone has to keep trying. Autonomous transportation already exists, it already works, and it's _already safe_! It just isn't deployed for private automobiles, it's deployed on rail-based transit systems. The technology is widely deployed across Europe and Asia. How many more people need to die to let Americans have a more comfortable ride in their private vehicles?

judge2020 5y ago
> How many more people need to die to let Americans have a more comfortable ride in their private vehicles? That's the entire point of America. We have so much space, so we make every effort to use it, regardless of the consequences.