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A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The FSD confuses a firetruck for an empty lane and drive full-speed into the back of it. The
by frob 3y ago
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The FSD confuses a firetruck for an empty lane and drive full-speed into the back of it. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we stop taking money for FSD? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the windfall we get for selling people something called "Full Self-Driving" that isn’t actually self-driving, we keep taking money for it.
- mrkeen 3y agoI don't dispute the calculus there, but that's not quite what I read in the passage from the article. In this case it's the consumer that's made to look ridiculous:- You can buy the car and get wrapped around a tree. But if the courts don't think Musk should pay you damages for that, then somehow you're more likely to buy the car.