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Tesla Whistleblower Says 'Autopilot' System Is Not Safe Enough To Be Used On Public Roads::"It affects all of us because we are essentially experiments in public roads."

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 243 points 11 months ago (75 children)

I lost all trust in their 'Autopilot' the day I read Musk said (Paraphrasing) "All we need are cameras, there's no need for secondary/tertiary LIDAR or other expensive setups"

Like TFYM? No backups?? Or backups to the backups?? On a life fucking critical system?!

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 102 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

The crazier and stupier shit was that part of his justification was that "people drive and they only have eyes. We should be able to do the same."

Its a stunningly idiotic justification, and yet here we are with millions of these "eyes only" teslas on the road.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of Mao not brushing his teeth, because tigers didn't brush theirs either.

[–] RainyRat@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did he also eat his meat raw and sleep in trees?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

Nah that would be silly.

Did deflower a generation of young girls though, who would suffer the agony of his presumed halitosis

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