• @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        The vehicle prompts you to keep your eyes on the road and be prepaired to take over at any moment every single time you enable this feature. To pretend that Tesla drivers don’t know this “because of false advertising” is just as fasle as the advertising itself.

        • @machinin
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          Tesla marketing is their chief marketer retweeting videos of people having sex on autopilot and making jokes about it, or the doctored video on their website where the driver spends the whole drive without touching the steering wheel, or Tesla’s CEO driving around in a news interview with his hands of the wheel for much of the ride, or promoting influencer videos that don’t follow that guidance.

          • @AA5B
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            210 months ago
            1. Autopilot != FSD. He’s probably using the latter
            2. Take a closer look at his leg. He’s wiggling the steering wheel to fool the safety mechanism. When you intentionally bypass a safety feature, you can’t claim ignorance
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            10 months ago

            Yes it does. I don’t know how that ragebait video is supposed to prove otherwise.

            You’re quite openly showing your colors here. You’re emotionally invested into this. You don’t even care about the facts.

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          Musk’s retweet of the people have sex on FSD with the cute little joke is Tesla marketing.

            • @machinin
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              510 months ago

              Do you think current and prospective Tesla owners could escape the online marketing system that pumps this info into their online life? One of the reasons I started countering all the Musk bullshit was because I couldn’t escape their online marketing presence. It is everywhere. I might as well have fun fighting it. I’m sure that if you’ve clicked any Tesla marketing links, you’re inundated with their BS.

              • @[email protected]
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                210 months ago

                Yes? I’ve been considering buying an EV for a while and the only spam/advertising I see are the constant non-technology posts about Musk in technology communities such as this and on reddit. I’m not sure why you’re operating under the assumption that you have some secret insider knowledge about Tesla or that anyone else is too stupid to see through some BS marketing claims from years ago.

            • @machinin
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              810 months ago

              I haven’t seen the video you are mentioning. It would be stupid for them to market that as a current feature.

              https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/musk-courts-controversy-with-tweets-on-sex-video-filmed-in-tesla-5721645/

              Yeah, a responsible CEO would take measures to remove the video, makes statements about the dangers of abusing the system, etc. instead, Tesla CEO, which is also the main marketing account, makes jokes about it.

              Tesla is full of “the driver is always responsible” small print, and then promoting the reckless use of the system through influencer videos and winks from the CEO saying that the legal stuff it’s just due to those peaky regulators. If it wasn’t for them, you wouldn’t really need to keep your hands on the wheel or pay attention. The car just drives itself.

                • @machinin
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                  810 months ago

                  Yes, and he and Tesla should be liable for marketing and promoting the abuses of FSD.

                • VaultBoyNewVegas
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                  And? What the fuck does that change in regards to the lawsuit? He is the CEO and he is responsible, that’s the reality right now.

            • @deranger
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              I don’t really give a fuck what the terminology is to be frank. The technology leads to unsafe behavior, whether it’s FSD or autopilot.

                • @deranger
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                  I’m saying the technology leads to more harm than good in its current implementation. I don’t care it’s better than your Audi, it still sucks overall. “Used correctly” shouldn’t be a huge factor in a good design. It should be easy to use correctly and hard to use incorrectly. This is not the current state. It’s very easy to use incorrectly, as you admit, and the accidents demonstrate this.

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                    it still sucks overall

                    In what way?

                    It should be easy to use correctly and hard to use incorrectly.

                    The vehicle prompts you to keep your hands on the wheel and be ready to take over at any moment every time you enable FSD. Everyone using it incorrectly is doing so knowingly.

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          1010 months ago

          So I assume autopilot disconnects as soon as you take your hands off the wheel, or there’s iris tracking to ensure you’re looking at the road? It’s not like either of these is exotic technology.

        • @Buffalox
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          810 months ago

          Elon Musk claimed that full self driving would be ready in 2017!!
          So how many false claims by Elon Musk does it take for someone to think the car can handle trivial situations?