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‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing

www.theguardian.com

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What do we think chat, is the cover photo AI or photoshop? Each colour does seem identical across the image.
Edit: God, the byline calling regular old Teslas supercars is,,,, a complete misunderstanding of the term. The new Roadster, if it ever comes out, would count.
- “Illustration: Carl Godfrey/The Guardian”
  
  also:
  The Guardian’s approach to generative AI
  Behind the scenes with The Guardian creative team making all its election artwork by hand
- What chat? Is that a mastodon feature?
  
  No, it's just a saying, comes from a streaming/Twitch: https://www.urbandictionary.com/author.php?author=VixenSandwich
  Edit: Changed link because the first didn't go to the correct entry. It's this user's second entry.
- There’s more. Two years prior, the NHTSA had flagged something strange – something suspicious. In a separate report, it documented 16 cases in which Tesla vehicles crashed into stationary emergency vehicles. In each, autopilot disengaged “less than one second before impact” – far too little time for the driver to react. Critics warn that this behaviour could allow Tesla to argue in court that autopilot was not active at the moment of impact, potentially dodging responsibility.
  Gonna add another reply here, finally got back and finished the article. Am I the only one that doesn't find this particularly suspicious? Hanlon's razor right, never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. I think the FSD is just terrible, and other reports do say that it disengages and alerts the driver when it encounters situations it can't handle. Surely any judge worth their salt would come down hard if Tesla tried to shirk responsibility, or it wouldn't make a difference because driver's are supposed to maintain active ability to take control?

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