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In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (4 children)

E. Lon Musk. Supah. Geenius.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I can’t wait for all this brand loyalty and fan people culture to end. Why is this even a thing? Like talking about box office results, companies financials and stocks…. If you’re not an investor of theirs, just stop. It sounds like you’re working for free for them.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (18 children)

What would definitely help with the discussion is if Mark Rober the scientist left a fucking crumb of scientific approach in his video. He didn’t really explain how he was testing it just slam car into things for views. This and a collaboration with a company that makes lidar made the video open to every possible criticism and it’s a shame.

Discovery channel level of dumbed down „science”.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Of course it disengages self driving modes before an impact. Why would they want to be liable for absolutely anything?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Of course they are, they're cultists. The Elon boot licker and MAGA Venn diagram is a circle.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago
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