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Is this a website that's entire purpose is to shill for Tesla or have I become too cynical? This article for example was written to debunk Mark Rober's video o

Is this a website that's entire purpose is to shill for Tesla or have I become too cynical? This article for example was written to debunk Mark Rober's video on Tesla and collision avoidance: https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2609/new-wile-e-coyote-wall-video-puts-teslas-fsd-v13-to-the-test https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2609/new-wile-e-coyote-wal... But the arguments made against it seem quite biased towards Tesla: "However, this entire test scenario is so out of left field… there is a good likelihood this same test would fool some human drivers as well" When one of the major arguments of the video was about easy and affordable it was for the average LIDAR system to detect the wall. Of course human beings are not perfect drivers, which is why Tesla's attempt at mimicking human senses for its self driving capabilities is a bad idea. But the article seems completely ignorant of this IMO very clearly stated narrative in Mark's video.

gonzobonzo 1y ago
> But the arguments made against it seem quite biased towards Tesla: "However, this entire test scenario is so out of left field… there is a good likelihood this same test would fool some human drivers as well" The argument seems to be that running the test with FSD rather than Autopilot lead to much better results: > During this test, many people noted that Mark was using Autopilot rather than FSD...Creator Kyle Paul over on X made a much better follow-up video, using both a HW3 Model Y as well as an AI4 Cybertruck. In a relatively unsurprising turn of events, the Cybertruck was successfully able to detect the wall, slowed down, and came to a stop. The Cybertruck was running FSD 13.2.8. That seems like a valid point. Saying that you're testing Teslas self-driving car and not actually testing FSD but opting for the less advanced Autopilot feels misleading.
- alternatex 1y ago
  Okay FSD is better than autopilot. If we put aside Tesla-specific marketing terms, and you had an unnamed car company advertise a feature called autopilot, would you as a customer expect the car to stop when met by a wall? I wonder how it would fly in court.

gonzobonzo 1y ago

> But the arguments made against it seem quite biased towards Tesla: "However, this entire test scenario is so out of left field… there is a good likelihood this same test would fool some human drivers as well" The argument seems to be that running the test with FSD rather than Autopilot lead to much better results: > During this test, many people noted that Mark was using Autopilot rather than FSD...Creator Kyle Paul over on X made a much better follow-up video, using both a HW3 Model Y as well as an AI4 Cybertruck. In a relatively unsurprising turn of events, the Cybertruck was successfully able to detect the wall, slowed down, and came to a stop. The Cybertruck was running FSD 13.2.8. That seems like a valid point. Saying that you're testing Teslas self-driving car and not actually testing FSD but opting for the less advanced Autopilot feels misleading.

alternatex 1y ago
Okay FSD is better than autopilot. If we put aside Tesla-specific marketing terms, and you had an unnamed car company advertise a feature called autopilot, would you as a customer expect the car to stop when met by a wall? I wonder how it would fly in court.