Technology @lemmy.world KayLeadfoot @fedia.io 4d ago

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

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

This test of Tesla’s self-driving tech is tough viewing: what Mark Rober did the fun way with his Wile E Coyote test of a fake wall in the middle of the road, the team over at The Dawn Project are doing the hard way by testing self-driving Teslas’ ability to stop for pedestrians at flashing […]

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.

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Not unexpected.
So motorcyclists weren't enough, they're going after kids now? Did they move their headquarters to israel?
Much like the mass shootings in the U.S., there's literally no solution for this. /s
So, the USA people are the beta testers, i guess.
Let's not get carried away pretending America cares too much about children dying frfr.
I guess there's going to be a lot of heroes popping Robo-Taxi tires. To protect their community and all that.
Did they try it with a lighter colored child?
Correction: Robo-Taxis Hit the Child in 2 Weeks
Move fast and break things!
I wonder if the FSD disengaged mere seconds before impact so Tesla can blame anything but their shitty software.
It's because it was so good that it knew it was a dummy and not a child /s
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.
They should throw in a loony tunes landscape for extra comedic value.
Elon is not going to personally take responsibility for his cars?
These accidents could be the dell knell for Tesla with the lawsuits that will follow
Tesla be like: Yeet the child!
It hits the road in America. And considering the state of that country, this isn’t even near the list of problems atm.
If their "AI" wind shield wipers could identify.....rain?....I'd be more hopeful about identifying a child.
Can't wait for the robo taxis to get vandalized.

Barring that, can't wait until they fail miserably.
ok maybe this is easier to address: is there any safety test that a self driving Tesla doesn't fail?
Well DUH! It's trained off of the asshats who drive them, and most of them blow right past flashing red school buses and stop signs.
Worth saving this article for future class actions. Go go go!
Listen. If we cared about safety we do something about it. This is where we are.
This is a fitting allegory for AI.
They’re only following the Norm theory (rest in peace), helping us kill the dummies so as a specie we grow intellectually
only a tesla could collide with the very road it's driving on

I get that's not what "hit the road" means but I stand by what I said
What the fuck Tesla 🥲
It's a Tesla, so probably mistook the dummy for an immigrant. In other words: Within specs
These things need tires.

Tires are rubber.

Texas has a lot of guns.
Kid should have moved for the musk mutilater 2.00.
Luckily you can sabotage a robot car the same way you can sabotage a normal car. Actually there's more ways than a normal car.
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.

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