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"Frunk" and the Telo's "monster tunnel" are whimsy. Playing DOOM on a parked Tesla is whimsy. Shipping a feature that implies the car will drive unsafely or ill
by Centigonal 1y ago
"Frunk" and the Telo's "monster tunnel" are whimsy. Playing DOOM on a parked Tesla is whimsy. Shipping a feature that implies the car will drive unsafely or illegally in an automated fashion -- from an automaker that has a history (see below) of shipping similar driver assist features with unsafe behavior and misleading or overly bombastic marketing -- that is irresponsibility, not whimsy. If it weren't directly governing driving behavior or if it didn't come from a company that keeps doing this, then maybe I'd give them the benefit of the doubt.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-cars-traffic-laws-drive-human-rcna20028 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-cars-traffic-la...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-fsd-nhtsa-investigation-traffic-violations/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-fsd-nhtsa-investigation-t...
https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-risky-deaths-crashes-nhtsa-investigation/ https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-risky-deaths-cra...
https://futurism.com/tesla-change-name-full-self-driving-china https://futurism.com/tesla-change-name-full-self-driving-chi...
https://www.jalopnik.com/1878905/ncap-downgrades-tesla-safety-score-misleading-autopilot/ https://www.jalopnik.com/1878905/ncap-downgrades-tesla-safet...
https://www.theverge.com/news/692639/tesla-robotaxi-mistake-wrong-lane-phantom-braking https://www.theverge.com/news/692639/tesla-robotaxi-mistake-...
- ajross 1y agoPlease don't Gish-Gallop on HN. None of those links are about AP tuning or "Mad Max" mode.
- Centigonal 1y ago> from an automaker that has a history (see below) of shipping similar driver assist features Must Tesla's actions be judged in a vacuum devoid of past context?