Why wouldn’t everyone jump at the opportunity to pay Elon Musk money and risk their lives and time so he can get enough data to then make even more billions.
Sure it might make travel by car suck less but not in any significant way that would change humanity in any meaningful way. At least not outside of a very narrow bubble we might be a part of.
It’s fairly obvious that the only thing people will achieve is killing themselves, their loved ones, or innocent bystanders.
And Tesla will bring us nowhere closer.
Anyways, hasn’t Tesla been far more successful as a Bitcoin marketing company in a week than as a manufacturer of cars for over a decade?
If you do want to risk your lives over advancing humanity why not risk it with Waymo which is actually making progress in this arena.
Watching the live 3d view shown in these videos - it's a very erratic representation of the world around it and should give a pause to anyone that thinks this is "FSD".
Driving sucks and is dangerous as hell. Anything that 1) makes me need to drive less often, or 2) makes driving safer is a worthwhile financial & time investment for me.
Heh:
>Because horseless carriages pose a risk to people who did not throw money at Ford.
We normally require a minimum age before a prospective driver may obtain a learner's permit to drive within a city, unlike this FSD, which in the linked video drove like a drunk driver.
Driving in downtown Oakland was incredibly complex with all sorts of unusual features, driving the course the car did in the video would have stressed me out a little, and I've been driving for 24 years. Full self driving does need to handle those situations to be trustworthy, but for highway driving and sedate suburban settings it's probably just fine.
Driving test takes 40min, through city (including all possible variations of parking) and highway on unpredictable route. I think less than half manage to pass it on first attempt.
If you passed, you get "new driving license" with a bunch of limitations (no passengers, supervision of experienced driver for 1 year, etc). If you get a violation of anything, license is taken and back to driving test.
After few years there is mandatory refresh course of (advanced) theory with exam. If you fail exam, back to driving school you go.
Edit: add into the mix, crazy, Mediterranean style driving on streets where exam takes place
The test must not screen people well enough if there are that many "crazy, Mediterranean style drivers" on the streets who already passed.
but, from my vague memories, when you sign up to theory lessons you need to bring note from doctor that you are healthy and have no history of mental disorders (serious stuff) and such
Driving tests are indeed way too easy, however, the level of driving seen in these Tesla videos would get any human driver a fail on the test. Just the constant indecisive jerking of the wheel would be a fail, let alone all the near crashes.
In europe, they are far more strict.
We are not the brightest, nor safest species.