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I saw the Tesla Robotaxi:

  • Drive into oncoming traffic, getting honked at in the process.
  • Signal a turn and then go straight at a stop sign with turn signal on.
  • Park in a fire lane to drop off the passenger.

And that was in a single 22 minute ride. Not great performance at all.

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[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

You seem to have missed the point. Whether or not you think that would be an easy job, the whole reason you'd be there is to be the one that takes all the blame when the autopilot kills someone. It will be your name, your face, every single record of your past mistakes getting blasted on the news and in court because Elon's shitty vanity project finally killed a real child instead of a test dummy. You'll be the one having to explain to a grieving family just how hard it is to actually pay complete attention every moment of every day, when all you've had to do before is just sit there.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

How about you pay attention and PREVENT the autopilot from killing someone? Like it's your job to do?

[-] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

This is sarcasm, right?

[-] turmacar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Expecting people to be able to behave like machines is generally the attitude that leads to crash investigations.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Behave like machines? Wtf are you on about? It's paying attention and preventing accidents. Like a train conductor does. Or a lifeguard. Or a security guard. I get the tesla hate, but this is ridiculous.

[-] turmacar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lifeguards have very short periods of diligence before they take mandatory breaks in an extremely controlled environment. Train conductors operate on grade separated infrastructure. Security Guards do not have to take split second action or die.

Putting a warm body in a mind-numbing situation and requiring split second response to a life or death situation at a random time is a recipe for failure.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Well, put the drivers on a similar mandatory break schedule. Done.

[-] turmacar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Lifeguards take breaks every ~20 minutes, not just to look down or zone out, to get up and move around. And again, are in an extremely controlled environment looking for a very small number of specific problems.

Elon is making programmers sleep at their desks.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Programmers are no lifeguards.

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