Comment on Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time

• PatFussy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Image

  source
• kool_newt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It doesn’t matter, Tesla cars are marketed to the public which isn’t expected to know these things. To probably 90% of people “autopilot” means “drive automatically”.

  source

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    To probably 90% of people “autopilot” means “drive automatically”.

    Based on what?

    source

    • kool_newt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Based on my usage and understanding of the word being a lay person.

      I’m an engineer myself, sometimes there are words that you have to be cognizant of the differences in meaning to other engineers vs lay people or even engineers in other fields. Some words are heavily overloaded, and “autopilot” is kinda one of them (others being “domain”, “node”, “artificial intelligence”, etc.).

      source
    • poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Tesla markets this feature as “Full Self-Driving Capability.” Maybe I’m poorly informed, but to me that means that the car is fully capable of driving itself without human interaction.

      source

      • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        FSD is an entirely separate thing. Autopilot is just an LKAS system, or adaptive cruise control.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
• dexa_scantron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If we do, then they shouldn’t have picked a name that most people think does something it doesn’t.

  source

  • RushingSquirrel@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    When you drive a Tesla, it’s pretty clear what autopilot is. The name is a marketing term, you can’t engage it everywhere and anytime, you’ve got to keep your hands on the wheel or it disables itself, won’t stop at stop signs and red lights, won’t do line changes, etc.

    source
• doublejay1999@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What does full self driving mean ?

  source

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Full Self Driving and Autopilot are two totally separate systems.

    source
• fiah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  do we need to go through the differences in training, aptitude and intelligence between pilots, captains and your neighbor Greg again? Marketing it as “autopilot” to anyone who can sign a car loan is reckless and has killed people and will continue to kill people until they stop

  source

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yep, just like “cruise control” made tons of people drive their car into the ocean thinking they could sail it to popular island destinations.

    source
• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Depends entirely on the type of autopilot.

  source