»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.
"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’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving has been linked to hundreds of crashes and dozens of deaths, according to a federal investigation published today.
“In total, NHTSA investigated 956 crashes, starting in January 2018 and extending all the way until August 2023,” reports @theverge. “Of those crashes, some of which involved other vehicles striking the Tesla vehicle, 29 people died. There were also 211 crashes in which ‘the frontal plane of the Tesla struck a vehicle or obstacle in its path.’ These crashes, which were often the most severe, resulted in 14 deaths and 49 injuries.”
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
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
"#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 .. recalling .. over 2m vehicles in .. United States fitted with its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system to install new safeguards, .. system was open to “foreseeable misuse”.
.. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been investigating the electric automaker ..
.. update to 2.03m Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles .. dating back to .. 2012 model year,.."
#Tesla#recall of nearly all vehicles sold in US — 2,000,000+. The system that is supposed to monitor drivers using Autopilot is “defective.”
“Documents posted Wednesday by U.S. safety regulators say the update will increase warnings and alerts to drivers and even limit the areas where basic versions of #Autopilot can operate.”
#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.
The US NHTSA has issued a recall on every Tesla vehicle sold in the US with the Autopilot feature installed. Calling the feature a safety hazard as it can be too easily misused due to inadequate driver monitoring.
The safety recall requires Tesla to perform a software update on all affected vehicles that will force drivers to monitor the vehicle more closely.
No word if a similar recall will be made in Canada.
Tesla Is Recalling Nearly All Vehicles Sold in US to Fix an Autopilot Fault.
The Tesla recall, which affects more than two million vehicles, follows a two-year investigation by the US government into a series of crashes linked to the Autopilot system.
A former Tesla employee, who said he was harassed, threatened and eventually fired after expressing safety concerns, leaked personnel records and data about the company’s Autopilot driver-assistance software, including thousands of accident reports.
The German Handelsblatt really did an amazing job in investigating this story!
Tesla's autopilot seems to be only semi-reliable. Far from foolproof, it relies on drivers to be vigilant in a new way.
I sometimes think: as a pedestrian and user of mass transit, a failure could impact me, too …
"The final 11 seconds of a fatal Tesla Autopilot crash
A reconstruction of the wreck shows how human error and emerging technology can collide with deadly results"
"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.""