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Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks.

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  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    It's because it was so good that it knew it was a dummy and not a child /s

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    This one is pretty unforgivable. Supposedly the ability to detect these situations was added in December (according to the article) but it's clearly not working very well. Something like this should 100% pause the rollout of robo-taxis.

    For normal cars though, the drivers should press the brakes to disable FSD when they see their car not slowing down when approaching a stopped bus like this.

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    The article doesn’t mention anything about where the cars will be driving in Austin, but I reluctantly took a Waymo from the airport in Phoenix to a hotel and it did really well. Even slowed down for a guy who was jaywalking.

    It ended up taking longer than expected because apparently they’re either require or trained on different roads than you would normally take (e.g. no highways). It did such a good job, though, that I ended up taking a Waymo a second time while there.

    All this to say that it may not be ready for all roads, but is ready for some. Definitely still scary though.

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    If their "AI" wind shield wipers could identify.....rain?....I'd be more hopeful about identifying a child.

  • The article doesn’t mention anything about where the cars will be driving in Austin, but I reluctantly took a Waymo from the airport in Phoenix to a hotel and it did really well. Even slowed down for a guy who was jaywalking.

    It ended up taking longer than expected because apparently they’re either require or trained on different roads than you would normally take (e.g. no highways). It did such a good job, though, that I ended up taking a Waymo a second time while there.

    All this to say that it may not be ready for all roads, but is ready for some. Definitely still scary though.

    Waymo is really interesting - you probably wouldn't guess it, I'm a cautiously optimistic autonomy person! Waymo is already 12x safer than human drivers, that's brilliant, I love that.

    Teslas will (allegedly) start on a small, low-complexity street grid in Austin. exact size TBA. Presumably, they're mapping the shit out of it and throwing compute power at analyzing their existing data for that postage stamp.

    The rub... that all points out the obvious danger of rolling out the wild-west FSD that Tesla drivers are currently employing everywhere else. If it's safe enough to trust to drive your car for you, why does it need a ton of additional guard-rails to operate without a safety driver?

  • The article doesn’t mention anything about where the cars will be driving in Austin, but I reluctantly took a Waymo from the airport in Phoenix to a hotel and it did really well. Even slowed down for a guy who was jaywalking.

    It ended up taking longer than expected because apparently they’re either require or trained on different roads than you would normally take (e.g. no highways). It did such a good job, though, that I ended up taking a Waymo a second time while there.

    All this to say that it may not be ready for all roads, but is ready for some. Definitely still scary though.

    I believe Waymo has a better set of sensors (Lidar + Radar+ Cameras instead of just cameras), more processing power, and more research / time / resources spent on it compared to Tesla.

    So it's not that we aren't ready for self driving taxis, but rather about which cars are ready to provide that service

  • I believe Waymo has a better set of sensors (Lidar + Radar+ Cameras instead of just cameras), more processing power, and more research / time / resources spent on it compared to Tesla.

    So it's not that we aren't ready for self driving taxis, but rather about which cars are ready to provide that service

    Makes sense. There were sensors alll over that thing.

  • Waymo is really interesting - you probably wouldn't guess it, I'm a cautiously optimistic autonomy person! Waymo is already 12x safer than human drivers, that's brilliant, I love that.

    Teslas will (allegedly) start on a small, low-complexity street grid in Austin. exact size TBA. Presumably, they're mapping the shit out of it and throwing compute power at analyzing their existing data for that postage stamp.

    The rub... that all points out the obvious danger of rolling out the wild-west FSD that Tesla drivers are currently employing everywhere else. If it's safe enough to trust to drive your car for you, why does it need a ton of additional guard-rails to operate without a safety driver?

    Yeah it’s scary to think about. There should be laws though that you’re still 100% at fault if you were not driving during an accident. I imagine another issue with FSD is government having a backdoor into your car to immobilize you or whatever they want. Part of me is in favor of that, but of course that a huuuge responsibility that can be abused.

  • This one is pretty unforgivable. Supposedly the ability to detect these situations was added in December (according to the article) but it's clearly not working very well. Something like this should 100% pause the rollout of robo-taxis.

    For normal cars though, the drivers should press the brakes to disable FSD when they see their car not slowing down when approaching a stopped bus like this.

    Except the big danger with fully self driving cars is that drivers are not paying attention at all as they have nothing to do most of the time. They'll be on their phones regardless of what theyre supposed to do and that will cause deaths. So such a glaring safety flaw will have numerous opportunities to happen in real life - humans do not make good safety features in cars; thats what the self drive stuff was for.

    Teslas self drive technology is not fit for the roads regardless of this. Musk had sensors stripped out pf the cars design to save money because apparently he knows better than all the worlds self drive engineers. The guy is a just an investment bro woth a huge ego - he can't let the people hes investing in get onwith it, because he sees himself as a "genius". The guys a moron.

  • Except the big danger with fully self driving cars is that drivers are not paying attention at all as they have nothing to do most of the time. They'll be on their phones regardless of what theyre supposed to do and that will cause deaths. So such a glaring safety flaw will have numerous opportunities to happen in real life - humans do not make good safety features in cars; thats what the self drive stuff was for.

    Teslas self drive technology is not fit for the roads regardless of this. Musk had sensors stripped out pf the cars design to save money because apparently he knows better than all the worlds self drive engineers. The guy is a just an investment bro woth a huge ego - he can't let the people hes investing in get onwith it, because he sees himself as a "genius". The guys a moron.

    They’ll be on their phones regardless of what theyre supposed to do and that will cause deaths.

    So no different to in non self-driving cars then.

  • I believe Waymo has a better set of sensors (Lidar + Radar+ Cameras instead of just cameras), more processing power, and more research / time / resources spent on it compared to Tesla.

    So it's not that we aren't ready for self driving taxis, but rather about which cars are ready to provide that service

    I think Waymo is also trying to prioritize safety. I was in San Francisco recently and took one, just out of curiosity, from my hotel to a Giants game. It seemed to stop when pedestrian traffic got heavy instead of going all the way to the stadium. So, like three blocks from the stadium. No biggie. I might have told a human taxi driver I could walk from there.

    I’m not sure if it’s a California regulation or Waymo trying to play it safe but I will never get in a self-driving car regulated by Texas and designed to the specifications of one of history’s biggest dumbasses.

  • The article doesn’t mention anything about where the cars will be driving in Austin, but I reluctantly took a Waymo from the airport in Phoenix to a hotel and it did really well. Even slowed down for a guy who was jaywalking.

    It ended up taking longer than expected because apparently they’re either require or trained on different roads than you would normally take (e.g. no highways). It did such a good job, though, that I ended up taking a Waymo a second time while there.

    All this to say that it may not be ready for all roads, but is ready for some. Definitely still scary though.

    I am optimistic about self driving, just not Teslas. Unlike other self driving cars, Tesla is exlusively reliant on cameras. Others, like Waymo, have cameras, lidarr sensors and radar.

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    So it's working as intended, if everyone is scared of walking or driving with those killer-taxis roaming around, some people will be tricked into hiding inside the killer-robo-taxis.

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    Can't wait for the robo taxis to get vandalized.

    Barring that, can't wait until they fail miserably.

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    If that photo is from the actual test, Cheesus Sliced...

    There's so little going on for video to pick up on apart from overcoming folage texture.

  • I think Waymo is also trying to prioritize safety. I was in San Francisco recently and took one, just out of curiosity, from my hotel to a Giants game. It seemed to stop when pedestrian traffic got heavy instead of going all the way to the stadium. So, like three blocks from the stadium. No biggie. I might have told a human taxi driver I could walk from there.

    I’m not sure if it’s a California regulation or Waymo trying to play it safe but I will never get in a self-driving car regulated by Texas and designed to the specifications of one of history’s biggest dumbasses.

    Working with cities to regulate self-driving and plan out specific routes/infrastructure was always going to be the only path to widespread adoption but Elon was too busy grifting off bullshit claims like everyone's Teslas moonlighting as self-driving taxis and paying for themselves.

  • Except the big danger with fully self driving cars is that drivers are not paying attention at all as they have nothing to do most of the time. They'll be on their phones regardless of what theyre supposed to do and that will cause deaths. So such a glaring safety flaw will have numerous opportunities to happen in real life - humans do not make good safety features in cars; thats what the self drive stuff was for.

    Teslas self drive technology is not fit for the roads regardless of this. Musk had sensors stripped out pf the cars design to save money because apparently he knows better than all the worlds self drive engineers. The guy is a just an investment bro woth a huge ego - he can't let the people hes investing in get onwith it, because he sees himself as a "genius". The guys a moron.

    Linus tech tips recently reviewed a car with semi auto self driving. It can keep you in the lane and at the right speed. He said it’s perfect for school zones because he knows he doesn’t have to watch the Speedo and give that extra attention to watching for kids walking out. I have to agree with him, there is a school on my commute and the speed drops to 20mph. I let the car do that bit while I worry about little (or sometimes big) feet.

    Would I trust that system to spot a child before I do? Not a chance.

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    Tesla self driving is already responsible for the deaths of multiple people.

    They weren't held accountable for those.

    Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

  • I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

    After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

    Tesla be like: Yeet the child!