Comment on Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks.

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Well you see lidar cameras are expensive. Yeah… that’s the excuse. No more questions” - Tesla whenever they are asked to explain themselves

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  • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Actually the excuse Musk uses is that humans only use their eyes to drive, so that’s enough for cars as well.

    Wrong on so many levels…

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    • Alaik@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Right… except for hearing horns, sirens or brakes screeching. Feeling a bump in the road and using the tactile feedback to determine if you should swerve or stop.

      Elon Musk has been chaffeured the vast majority of his life and it shows.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        In my country when you do a driving test one of the things you have to do is pass a hazard perception test. Everyone hates it because it consists of watching a video and clicking on the hazards when you notice them.

        The problem is it’s almost impossible because the Field of view is probably only about 90°, you can’t turn your head because you’re locked to the forward-facing camera position, and you lack all the other information.

        There are practise tests online, it’s interesting to take them because it really does show you how dependent you are on things other than just direct vision.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Holy shit did he really say that?

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      • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Musk has been stubbornly clinging to the belief that a vision system similar to human stereoscopic vision is all that a self-driving vehicle needs and has ordered his engineers to produce such a vehicle.

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