adamjcook,

This is a lie. is lying here.

At no time, are vehicles capable of “driving themselves” - only capable of the illusion that they are, which Musk exploits.

This is a common Musk Lie, made in the interest of selling Tesla vehicles and pricey add-ons.

People have died under this lie and will continue to do so, completely avoidably.

Let’s explore the underlying foundations of this lie and why it is so dangerous.

🧵

adamjcook,

First off, let us look at ’s “official” statement, from their website, as to the true limitations of and the products.

Hmm. That does not sound like Tesla itself is confident that their vehicles can drive themselves at any time. 🤔

Because the vehicles cannot.

But and Tesla play this dangerous, deceptive mind game with the public - and it is indeed a mind game.

adamjcook,

Now, let’s look at the underlying part.

and -equipped vehicles are Level 2-capable vehicles - with the exact same limitations as many other vehicles on the market today.

Namely, the key limitation is that the human driver must remain the fallback for any dynamic driving task or vehicle failures at all times and under all conditions.

Effectively, that means that the human has the exact same control responsibilities between the two vehicles shown below.

adamjcook,

Zero difference.

Only the illusion of a difference yielded by the presence of a poorly-understood (by the general public), opaque automated driving system.

, when paired with a human, is inherently dangerous.

Many believe that any kind of automation, sprinkled on top of a car, will automatically and definitely make the combined human-machine system “safer”.

Nothing can be further from the truth.

We can look to Autopilot in commercial aircraft as a contrasting example.

adamjcook,

Many also believe that automation enhances the engineered system part, the vehicle or the aircraft.

Not true.

, in fact, invisibly sits between the human operator and the vehicle controls.

Aircraft has fallen from the sky, operated by multiple, highly-seasoned pilots, right in front of the aircraft controls, for minutes due to the inherent danger of this invisible specter.

Only an acute respect for that fact can challenge that deadly, subconscious complacency.

adamjcook,

hand-waves this fact as well on their official Autopilot product website, as shown below.

That “relaxation”, that “workload reduction” you might feel when using or ?

Guess what that really is?

Complacency.

Deadly complacency.

And it strikes when you least expect it, when the vehicle suddenly encounters a failure and it takes you an additional second or three to regain situational and operational awareness.

Tesla washes its hands of that though.

adamjcook,

Indeed. Flight automation (Autopilot) has yielded enormous commercial airtravel safety benefits - but obtaining such benefits was far from “free”.

Aircraft pilots are continuously and meticulously trained, supervised and managed.

Flight deck interfaces and processes are maintained similarly.

Humans that operate control towers feed in critical flight information to these flight automation systems.

An enormous ballet of interacting processes are necessary to complement safe flight automation.

adamjcook,

None of that exists in the context of roadway vehicle automation.

Human drivers are not exhaustively trained and supervised - and it is impractical to do so.

That is why the Lie above is so dangerous.

We already have an unmanaged automated system on the public roadways and Tesla/Musk further enhance the human driver complacency that already inherently exists.

Zero safety upside to Musk’s Tweet above.

Only a safety downside.

adamjcook,

Hey Secretary ,

If your investigators are still wondering, after years of twiddling their thumbs, why -active, vehicles keep slamming into the back of roadside emergency vehicles… I just provided you with the answer.

Free of charge.

https://jalopnik.com/tesla-autopilot-may-be-responsible-for-another-fatal-cr-1850204165

LaNaehForaday,

@adamjcook

Ive always seen this logo as a headless guy and until this moment hadnt realized how apropos it really is.

realcaseyrollins,

@adamjcook It's pretty silly that you're calling 's self-driving capabilities an "illusion"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nF0K2nJ7N8

normalguy,
@normalguy@mstdn.social avatar

@adamjcook I am so glad that I got rid of my Tesla. They are junk! Other than the supercharging network, which Musk is giving it to other manufacturers, they got nothing. Bad fit. Bad finish. Terrible road noise. Cheap interior. Awful autopilot and sucky FSD.

adamjcook,

@normalguy Well, hopefully you found a car that you like better! 😄

For what it is worth, I have no opinion on people’s personal car selection choices, Tesla or otherwise, with respect to these posts.

I am just concerned about public safety.

normalguy,
@normalguy@mstdn.social avatar

@adamjcook Yes, I found another EV that I like much better. Come to think of it, I had both Autopilot and FSD on my previous Tesla but never once used it because I didn’t trust Tesla and was concerned for my own safety as well the public safety. In fact, I paid $8k for it yet was not able to use it. I am sure I am not the only one. Just wonder if Tesla could be sued for selling to its customers a product that cannot be used even after four years. 🤔

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