Authorities in Washington have determined that a Tesla that hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle in April was operating on the company’s “Full Self Driving” system.
Bad bot: “Autopilot”. FSD is very different from autopilot and we need to stop conflating them. The article clearly specified autopilot.
Of course in this case there is no real difference except to call the driver an even bigger idiot. Either one should keep you from running over the rider in front of you.
When I tried autopilot it worked very well - as long as you think of it as a smarter cruise control. The driver is very much in control, very much has to pay attention, and autopilot is generally following traffic while not running over anything. In my case I was even able to use it highway to local street because it slowed for traffic, even to a stop. But autopilot doesn’t navigate, turn or make choices: it’s up to the driver and you clearly need to pay constant attention
“… as long as you think about it as a smarter cruise control.”
… which is EXACTLY why the FTC should’ve stepped in and forced dipshit Musk to rename it. “autopilot” DOES NOT mean “enhanced cruise control” to normal people.
No. Autopilot is a smarter cruise control. No more and no less.
This is why I think it’s important to distinguish autopilot from “full self driving”. They are very different features with very different claims, yet people seem to use them interchangeably.
Bad bot: “Autopilot”. FSD is very different from autopilot and we need to stop conflating them. The article clearly specified autopilot.
Of course in this case there is no real difference except to call the driver an even bigger idiot. Either one should keep you from running over the rider in front of you.
When I tried autopilot it worked very well - as long as you think of it as a smarter cruise control. The driver is very much in control, very much has to pay attention, and autopilot is generally following traffic while not running over anything. In my case I was even able to use it highway to local street because it slowed for traffic, even to a stop. But autopilot doesn’t navigate, turn or make choices: it’s up to the driver and you clearly need to pay constant attention
“… as long as you think about it as a smarter cruise control.”
… which is EXACTLY why the FTC should’ve stepped in and forced dipshit Musk to rename it. “autopilot” DOES NOT mean “enhanced cruise control” to normal people.
If you use that kind of reasoning, then any thing goes, doesn’t it?
When I tried out -something- it worked well, as long as you think of it as -something else-
No. Autopilot is a smarter cruise control. No more and no less.
This is why I think it’s important to distinguish autopilot from “full self driving”. They are very different features with very different claims, yet people seem to use them interchangeably.