‘SAN FRANCISCO — The school bus was displaying its stop sign and flashing red warning lights, a police report said, when Tillman Mitchell, 17, stepped off one afternoon in March. Then a Tesla Model Y approached on North Carolina Highway 561. The car — allegedly in Autopilot mode — never slowed down. It struck Mitchell at 45 mph. The teenager was thrown into the windshield, flew into the air and landed face down in the road, according to his great-aunt, Dorothy Lynch. Mitchell’s father heard the crash and rushed from his porch to find his son lying in the middle of the road.
Keep the Salt Water away ; Hurricane Ian caused billions of dollars in damage when it hit Florida in the fall of 2022. Along with $112 billion in damages, 152 fatalities, and countless uprooted lives, the fallout included at least 12 electric vehicle fires caused from lithium-ion batteries coming into contact with saltwater flooding in from the ocean. Unlike standard fires, however, these battery blazes require a significant amount more water to quell them due to their unique chemical reactions, with the International Association of Fire Chiefs suggesting somewhere between 3,000 and 8,000 gallons of sustained dousing.
Tesla's autopilot has been having problems for some time. I remember some time ago it couldn't distinguish between a white panel truck and the white sky, causing another accident. Yet another example of releasing technology before it has been adequately tested.
This same lackadaisical, sloppy Cowboy attitude without fully considering the consequences or doing adequate safety testing permeates the whole AI industry, IMO.
We're all in Deep Crap unless we force them to slow down and accept public oversight.
Meanwhile, far away in D.C. land, Congress as usual is still asleep, uninformed, and hapless.
That's not an autopilot problem, that's a human driver problem. Autopilot is not supposed to operate on it's own because it won't do everything right every time. The driver is supposed to be paying attention and take over when they notice something wrong.
Estimates vary, but according to a study from AAA, EVs can lose about 40% of their range when the temperature drops from 75 degrees to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.Dec 13, 2022. For example, an EV with a rated range of 250 miles would have only 150 miles of range when it’s 20 degrees outside.
Truth be known, even without the silliness of autopilot, EV's are extremely destructive to the planet. Would you want your kids or grand kids or great grand kids working in the lithium mines or digging for other toxic metals? If not, then why are African children forced to do it?
How do you recycle these 1,000 pound monsters? Aren't the EVer's usually all about global warming and recycling every little plastic bottle cap? Outside of fake vaccines, EVs are the next biggest boondoggle that mankind's stupidity has invented.
Curious of the ratio of accidents to cars driven for the human driven cars. My bet is the ratio for the autopilot driven cars Is way lower and will be going down.
Dangerous to humans and an environmental hazard.
The left can stuff their electric death machines.
I’ll stick to my gas power old school vehicle thank you very much.
Who wants this? Why are they pushing this?
Keep the Salt Water away ; Hurricane Ian caused billions of dollars in damage when it hit Florida in the fall of 2022. Along with $112 billion in damages, 152 fatalities, and countless uprooted lives, the fallout included at least 12 electric vehicle fires caused from lithium-ion batteries coming into contact with saltwater flooding in from the ocean. Unlike standard fires, however, these battery blazes require a significant amount more water to quell them due to their unique chemical reactions, with the International Association of Fire Chiefs suggesting somewhere between 3,000 and 8,000 gallons of sustained dousing.
Tesla's autopilot has been having problems for some time. I remember some time ago it couldn't distinguish between a white panel truck and the white sky, causing another accident. Yet another example of releasing technology before it has been adequately tested.
This same lackadaisical, sloppy Cowboy attitude without fully considering the consequences or doing adequate safety testing permeates the whole AI industry, IMO.
We're all in Deep Crap unless we force them to slow down and accept public oversight.
Meanwhile, far away in D.C. land, Congress as usual is still asleep, uninformed, and hapless.
Hello? Are there any adults in the room there?
Think about the radiation these ridiculous cars give off, nothing like riding in a microwave on wheels, lol 😝.
That's not an autopilot problem, that's a human driver problem. Autopilot is not supposed to operate on it's own because it won't do everything right every time. The driver is supposed to be paying attention and take over when they notice something wrong.
Kind of like a plane's autopilot...
Given the continuous coverage about Tesla's Autopilot feature, it is clear that the feature is misnamed and users are too stupid.
EV's don't like cold ;
Estimates vary, but according to a study from AAA, EVs can lose about 40% of their range when the temperature drops from 75 degrees to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.Dec 13, 2022. For example, an EV with a rated range of 250 miles would have only 150 miles of range when it’s 20 degrees outside.
Well I'm not sure about tesla, but apparently it doesn't matter to the looney's among us, have a good laugh at this, we all need one now and again!
But lady...it's electric?
https://twitter.com/dvatw/status/1666772322672418817?s=48
Truth be known, even without the silliness of autopilot, EV's are extremely destructive to the planet. Would you want your kids or grand kids or great grand kids working in the lithium mines or digging for other toxic metals? If not, then why are African children forced to do it?
How do you recycle these 1,000 pound monsters? Aren't the EVer's usually all about global warming and recycling every little plastic bottle cap? Outside of fake vaccines, EVs are the next biggest boondoggle that mankind's stupidity has invented.
Imagine that!! Who knew Mr. Freedom creation was going to kill humans and the planet 🌎 🧠🐒= 🤖
YA KNOW THIS IS A LIFE OR DEATH WAR ON GOOD CITIZENS SO UNITE TO STOP THEM BY ANY MEANS = GOD BLESS AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE
Curious of the ratio of accidents to cars driven for the human driven cars. My bet is the ratio for the autopilot driven cars Is way lower and will be going down.
People making error and causing harm = retribution.
Agorithitms?