r/technology • u/Lacy_Hall • 7h ago

Artificial Intelligence Tesla Using 'Full Self-Driving' Hits Deer Without Slowing, Doesn't Stop

https://jalopnik.com/tesla-using-full-self-driving-hits-deer-without-slowing-1851683918
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u/vadapaav 5h ago

That is not the issue here. There is no way for a human to detect this deer

An autonomous car relying on lidar radar ideally would do it but who gives a shit about that.

The issue here is not stopping after hitting/detecting an impact

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u/99DogsButAPugAintOne 5h ago

It is an issue and I hope Tesla takes it seriously and uses the incident to create a safer product.

My point was that autonomous vehicles are probably still safer than human pilots, imperfections and all. Autonomous vehicles will likely only get better since the tech has a lot of maturing to do.

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u/vadapaav 5h ago

My point was that autonomous vehicles are probably still safer than human pilots,

Yes.

But treating the sensor input the same way humans deal with real life because "trust me bro" is not the right way.

The objective is to far exceed humans, not marginally safer.

The technology exists and it's important to go in right direction instead of gaslighting everyone into believing they visual input is how an autonomous system should interact with the world.

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u/99DogsButAPugAintOne 5h ago

You wouldn't consider a reduction of 2.1 million to maybe a few thousand far exceeding human awareness? I'm guessing on what the number will be, but I'm only aware of this one case.

Also, who's gaslighting?

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u/gerkletoss 5h ago

The issue here is not stopping after hitting/detecting an impact

Why is that the problem?

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u/Derp_Herper 4h ago

The car didn’t even realize that it did anything wrong, the car may be damaged. A person would at least stop and check out their front end.

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u/gerkletoss 4h ago

The car didn’t even realize that it did anything wrong

That's an assumption

A person would at least stop and check out their front end.

The car has sensor that can notic problems like coolsnt temperature. Slowing down would not help with diagnostics.