Ok. So recently, #Tesla had published an "Impact Report" which contained a slide presenting some "data" that their #Autopilot and #FSDBeta products "enhance safety".
And one article and one Twitter thread caught my eye in scrutinizing these numbers.
While the analyses and arguments in this article and thread are not necessarily wrong, there are more fundamental issues here that need to be surfaced in my view... so let's take a look.
#Musk’s completely unsupported and unhinged promises of future therapies, treatments or prosthetic devices enabled by his #Neuralink firm and this #Tesla “#Optimus” humanoid robotics project is pretty damn disgusting.
A new, disgusting low.
Even relative to Tesla’s vast #Autopilot and #FSDBeta wrongdoings, which is saying something.
Alright, so last week, a jury in California rejected the claims brought against #Tesla's #Autopilot product.
I am not a lawyer and the detailed analysis of legal issues is orthogonal to the obligations of #SystemsSafety experts in educating the public and in criticizing regulators.
The responses from the jurors in this case are interesting, though... and very much expected.
Please #journalists. Please. I am begging you. Stop doing this.
#Tesla's #Autopilot product is not at all, "partially" or otherwise, capable of "self-driving".
The official term, if you need to use something, is a "partial automated driving system" and the control responsibilities of the human driver utilizing such a system are exactly the same as if they were driving a 1995 Dodge Neon.
Really thinking of just dropping #Reddit, for what it is worth.
Dropped my profile off my Mastodon bio.
Reddit management is giving me serious #Musk vibes lately and I have been getting follow spammed 4-5 times daily for the last two weeks.
Met a lot of great technical and #SystemsSafety experts on there though - mostly through pushing back against #Tesla's #Autopilot and #FSDBeta wrongdoings.
"Five police officers are suing Tesla after being injured by a Model X that plowed into them while they were conducting a routine traffic stop. The incident took place on February 27, 2021, when an allegedly impaired driver over-relied on the Model X's 'Autopilot' system, which reportedly gave off 150 warnings to take control of the vehicle in a 34-minute time span." https://www.autoblog.com/2023/08/10/video-tesla-driver-plowed-into-police-car-despite-150-warnings-from-autopilot/
#Musk’s completely unsupported and unhinged promises of future therapies, treatments or prosthetic devices enabled by his #Neuralink firm and this #Tesla “#Optimus” humanoid robotics project is pretty damn disgusting.
A new, disgusting low.
Even relative to Tesla’s vast #Autopilot and #FSDBeta wrongdoings, which is saying something.
"Yes, #Isaacson spoke to “adversaries” like Jeff #Bezos and Bill #Gates, but not (at least per the list) to line workers, not to #Jenna, not to anyone whose family member died in an #Autopilot crash, nor anyone who tried to organize a #Tesla plant.
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It’s the book Musk would have written himself.""
»Autopilot-Technologie - Software für Kamikaze-Drohnen made in Switzerland:
Günstige Mini-Drohnen sind mittlerweile ein fester Bestandteil moderner Kriegsführung – auch dank Schweizer Software.«
Leider wird Technik immer auch von Militärs missbraucht und Menschenfeindlich eingesetzt, auch wenn es unter guten Gewissen erforscht/etwickelt wird.
"#ElonMusk has been promising since 2016 that his cars could drive themselves safely. It's always been a lie, a top automotive journalist writes. In many ways, it's the exact opposite of how Tesla's #Autopilot system works."
#Tesla is recalling nearly all 2 million of its cars on #US roads to limit the use of its Autopilot feature following a two-year probe by US safety regulators of roughly 1,000 crashes in which the feature was engaged #EV
The recall comes two days after a detailed investigation was published by the #WashingtonPost that found at least eight serious accidents, including some fatalities, in which the the #Autopilot feature should not have been engaged in the first place.
Two instances where our car was saved by AI. One where the driver forgot they had a trailer and moved to our lane because some other driver wanted to smell their ass.
The car took preventing measures to avoid a crash before I even noticed. Icy roads, car did great. And yes, I know we are here due to X & Elon perhaps, but merit to the Tesla team. They make the safest cars out there. #tesla#autopilot
The #eclipse was super fun; we’re glad we came. I got to sit in the right seat while my wife did all the flying and I managed comms. She’s become a HUGE fan of the #autopilot. #flyga#eclipse2024
3 Jahre später kein bisschen weiser? Klage wegen Todesfall mit Teslas Autopilot
Der berühmteste Todesfall mit einem Tesla-Autopilot wurde 3 Jahre später erschreckend wiederholt. Hinterbliebene werfen Tesla vor, nichts verbessert zu haben.
"Federal auto safety investigators say in a new report that they've identified hundreds of crashes — 13 of them deadly — in which Tesla's Autopilot system failed to protect its drivers and passengers.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) flagged 467 crashes over a period of about 15 months from 2022-23."
#Tesla#EVs#AI#Autopilot#SelfDrivingCars: "Tesla Inc. must face a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that it misled consumers about its cars’ self-driving capabilities, a fresh setback for the electric-car maker just as Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has staked the company’s future on autonomy.
Tesla has been accused of overstating in 2016 that all its upcoming cars would have the “hardware needed for full self-driving capability” and would be able to drive themselves from Los Angeles to New York City by the end of 2017.
“If Tesla meant to convey that its hardware was sufficient to reach high or full automation,” the complaint “plainly alleges sufficient falsity,” US District Judge Rita Lin wrote in an order Wednesday."