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> Has it? In question here is Autopilot and not FSD Beta Per Musk himself[1]: “The data is unequivocal that Autopilot is safer than human driving by a signific

> Has it? In question here is Autopilot and not FSD Beta Per Musk himself[1]: “The data is unequivocal that Autopilot is safer than human driving by a significant margin” Also Musk famously overrepresented in a promotional video[2] The worst part about this is that I think Elon genuinely believes that this is correct. And that is a huge problem that creates complacency. He is already benefitting from convincing some portion of the public of this view. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/magazine/tesla-autopilot-self-driving-elon-musk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/magazine/tesla-autopilot-... [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-19/elon-musk-directed-tesla-autopilot-video-saying-car-drove-itself-tsla https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-19/elon-musk...

judge2020 3y ago
The data backs him up there[0] - note that > To ensure our statistics are conservative, we count any crash in which Autopilot was deactivated within 5 seconds before impact, and we count all crashes in which the incident alert indicated an airbag or other active restraint deployed. Focusing on single incidents will pull at your heartstrings, but each incident is one in a sea of data that shows an overall improvement despite isolated heart-breaking incidents as a result of our inability to create a perfect system. Although I agree that his "tweets" are garbage and his cult mentality/god-like demeanor puts a lot of false confidence in people (who are likely a majority of those paying the $200/mo for beta), not to mention that thousands of people won't consider buying a Tesla due to his involvement. Chances are Tom Zhu will take over eventually. 0: https://digitalassets.tesla.com/tesla-contents/image/upload/h_2576,w_1286,c_fit,f_auto,q_auto:best/safety-report-Q4-22-desktop https://digitalassets.tesla.com/tesla-contents/image/upload/... from https://tesla.com/vehiclesafetyreport https://tesla.com/vehiclesafetyreport
- cornstalks 3y ago
  The phrasing “Autopilot is safer than human driving” makes it sound like Autopilot is a replacement for human driving, rather than a supplement. That kind of marketing is part of the problem: it’s teaching consumers to rely on Autopilot too much and encouraging users to misunderstand Autopilot’s capabilities and limitations.

judge2020 3y ago

The data backs him up there[0] - note that > To ensure our statistics are conservative, we count any crash in which Autopilot was deactivated within 5 seconds before impact, and we count all crashes in which the incident alert indicated an airbag or other active restraint deployed. Focusing on single incidents will pull at your heartstrings, but each incident is one in a sea of data that shows an overall improvement despite isolated heart-breaking incidents as a result of our inability to create a perfect system. Although I agree that his "tweets" are garbage and his cult mentality/god-like demeanor puts a lot of false confidence in people (who are likely a majority of those paying the $200/mo for beta), not to mention that thousands of people won't consider buying a Tesla due to his involvement. Chances are Tom Zhu will take over eventually. 0: https://digitalassets.tesla.com/tesla-contents/image/upload/h_2576,w_1286,c_fit,f_auto,q_auto:best/safety-report-Q4-22-desktop https://digitalassets.tesla.com/tesla-contents/image/upload/... from https://tesla.com/vehiclesafetyreport https://tesla.com/vehiclesafetyreport

cornstalks 3y ago
The phrasing “Autopilot is safer than human driving” makes it sound like Autopilot is a replacement for human driving, rather than a supplement. That kind of marketing is part of the problem: it’s teaching consumers to rely on Autopilot too much and encouraging users to misunderstand Autopilot’s capabilities and limitations.