Post AY1jWuPDLT5HdF2lV2 by adamjcook@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AY1jWp2LJ4omyrIvei by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:38:58Z
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This is a lie. #Musk is lying here.At no time, are #Tesla vehicles capable of “driving themselves” - only capable of the illusion that they are, which Musk exploits.This is a common Musk Lie, made in the interest of selling Tesla vehicles and pricey add-ons.People have died under this lie and will continue to do so, completely avoidably.Let’s explore the underlying foundations of this lie and why it is so dangerous.🧵
(DIR) Post #AY1jWq49TprMAl9t7A by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:41:20Z
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First off, let us look at #Tesla’s “official” statement, from their website, as to the *true* limitations of #Autopilot and the #FSDBeta products.Hmm. That does not sound like Tesla itself is confident that their vehicles can drive themselves at any time. 🤔Because the vehicles cannot.But #Musk and Tesla play this dangerous, deceptive mind game with the public - and it is indeed a mind game.
(DIR) Post #AY1jWqqiZGhwbNsfoW by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:43:48Z
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Now, let’s look at the underlying #SystemsSafety part.#Autopilot and #FSDBeta-equipped vehicles are Level 2-capable vehicles - with the exact same *limitations* as many other vehicles on the market today.Namely, the key limitation is that the human driver must remain the fallback for any dynamic driving task or vehicle failures at all times and under all conditions.Effectively, that means that the human has the exact same control responsibilities between the two vehicles shown below.
(DIR) Post #AY1jWrdddNq736lk48 by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:44:35Z
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Zero difference.Only the *illusion* of a difference yielded by the presence of a poorly-understood (by the general public), opaque automated driving system.#Automation, when paired with a human, is inherently dangerous.Many believe that any kind of automation, sprinkled on top of a car, will automatically and definitely make the combined human-machine system “safer”.Nothing can be further from the truth.We can look to Autopilot in commercial aircraft as a contrasting example.
(DIR) Post #AY1jWsGHJikQywqbIG by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:45:38Z
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Many also believe that automation enhances the engineered system part, the vehicle or the aircraft.Not true.#Automation, in fact, *invisibly* sits between the human operator and the vehicle controls.Aircraft has fallen from the sky, operated by multiple, highly-seasoned pilots, right in front of the aircraft controls, for *minutes* due to the inherent danger of this invisible specter.Only an acute respect for that fact can challenge that deadly, *subconscious* complacency.
(DIR) Post #AY1jWstcxQDuwzG1cu by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:47:11Z
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#Tesla hand-waves this #HumanFactors fact as well on their official Autopilot product website, as shown below.That “relaxation”, that “workload reduction” you might feel when using #Autopilot or #FSDBeta?Guess what that *really* is?Complacency.Deadly complacency.And it strikes when you least expect it, when the vehicle suddenly encounters a failure and it takes you an additional second or three to regain situational and operational awareness.Tesla washes its hands of that though.
(DIR) Post #AY1jWtk5oMBtZhnvP6 by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:47:44Z
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Indeed. Flight automation (Autopilot) has yielded enormous commercial airtravel safety benefits - but obtaining such benefits was far from “free”.Aircraft pilots are continuously and meticulously trained, supervised and managed.Flight deck interfaces and processes are maintained similarly.Humans that operate control towers feed in critical flight information to these flight automation systems.An enormous ballet of interacting processes are necessary to complement safe flight automation.
(DIR) Post #AY1jWuPDLT5HdF2lV2 by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:48:32Z
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None of that exists in the context of roadway vehicle automation.Human drivers are not exhaustively trained and supervised - and it is impractical to do so.That is why the #Musk Lie above is so dangerous.We already have an unmanaged automated system on the public roadways and Tesla/Musk further enhance the human driver complacency that already *inherently* exists.Zero safety upside to Musk’s Tweet above.Only a safety downside.
(DIR) Post #AY1jWvAiUr580ZGhXc by adamjcook@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T15:50:13Z
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Hey Secretary #Buttigieg, If your #NHTSA investigators are still wondering, after years of twiddling their thumbs, why #Autopilot-active, #Tesla vehicles keep slamming into the back of roadside emergency vehicles… I just provided you with the answer.Free of charge.https://jalopnik.com/tesla-autopilot-may-be-responsible-for-another-fatal-cr-1850204165
(DIR) Post #AY1jWvtjnT5uGCKeiO by realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com
2023-07-24T17:59:03Z
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@adamjcook It's pretty silly that you're calling #Tesla's self-driving capabilities an "illusion"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nF0K2nJ7N8
(DIR) Post #AY1tuG6bpYxB8R78LI by normalguy@mstdn.social
2023-07-24T18:47:19Z
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@adamjcook I am so glad that I got rid of my Tesla. They are junk! Other than the supercharging network, which Musk is giving it to other manufacturers, they got nothing. Bad fit. Bad finish. Terrible road noise. Cheap interior. Awful autopilot and sucky FSD.
(DIR) Post #AY1tuH22O2tI0Xyzr6 by Nesano@detroitriotcity.com
2023-07-24T19:55:21.436924Z
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@normalguy @adamjcook Based realization. Now ya just gotta ditch the Apple junk and the democrat brainwashing.
(DIR) Post #AY1u1j96G53JEEqA0O by Nesano@detroitriotcity.com
2023-07-24T19:56:42.955849Z
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@adamjcook B-b-but my heckin' GCP Grey said manually driving a car should be illegal!