How many deer are on that road? It’s mowing down dozens of them in that video!

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For the 1000th time Tesla: don’t call it “autopilot” when it’s nothing more than a cruise control that needs constant attention.

@LordKitsuna@lemmy.world
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Real Autopilot also needs constant attention, the term comes from aviation and it’s not fully autonomous. It maintains heading, altitude, and can do minor course correction.

It’s the “full self driving” wording they use that needs shit on.

@Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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the deer is not blameless. those bastards will race you to try and cross in front of you.

@WoahWoah@lemmy.world
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Finally someone else familiar with the most deadly animal in North America.

I’d give the moose the top spot. Maybe not in sheer numbers of deaths, but I’d much rather have an encounter with a deer than a moose.

Though for sheer number, I also wouldn’t give that to deer, that spot would go to humans, though I can admit it’s a bit pedantic.

@Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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yeah well ive hit about $15k worth of them over the years

@Kbobabob@lemmy.world
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Is there video that actually shows it “keeps going”? The way that video loops I know I can’t tell what happens immediately after.

The way that video loops I know I can’t tell what happens immediately after.

SRSLY?

Have you ever been in a car, going fast?

You can see in the video that the car does NOT brake hard before the crash. Not even in the very last second.

What did YOU think what happens in the next second?

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What I think doesn’t matter. I’d like to actually see the whole video though. Then I nor you would need to hypothesize about it either.

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You just need to buy the North America Animal Recognition AI subscription and this wouldn’t be an issue plebs, it will stop for 28 out of 139 mammals!

To err is human; To really foul things up you need a computer.

@aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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*fawn things up

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That deer was pushing the woke agenda!

@jaybone@lemmy.world
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It was using the doe restroom.

@WhyFlip@lemmy.world
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As much as I hate Elon, self-driving cars are the future and will be way safer than some idiot behind the wheel

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“As much as I hate elon…”

“I hate elon as much as the next guy, but…”

“Look, I’m no elon fan, but…”

I’m sure you all know, but to be clear, the above are the beginnings of sentences from people who don’t hate elon. They are sentences from people who like elon, but think you will hate them, or not consider their opinions, if they say out loud that they do, in fact, like elon.

On a separate but related note, this is elon speaking at a hate-filled rally featuring a series of bigoted speakers, including himself. The rally very intentionally cosplayed an American Nazi rally that famously occurred at Madison Square garden in the 1930s. To emphasize how on the nose this all was, elon wore a specially made hat - a hat that very deliberately used an especially prominent font from the Nazi era. They are literally SCREAMING it in your face and tattooing it on their foreheads

elon has done nothing good or admirable with his life and elon will will not do anything good or admirable with his life. You can’t compartmentalize your opinion on this, he sucks, on the whole.

@WhyFlip@lemmy.world
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I hate Elon. There is no grey area in that statement.

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You don’t think humans are doing this? Everything I’ve seen is autopilot is safer than humans in the aggregate.

@Squizzy@lemmy.world
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Are you honestly defending this, the software took a life and didnt react. Im not on a skynet buzz but it is concerningly bad software and implementation.

I dont care if humans do it, they shouldnt and that should be the easy bar to clear in implementing a replacement for humans.

@IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world
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Honestly if the software is better than humans yeah. I’m also very much moving insurance costs to the software and having insurance based on those exact things.

If the software is safer then humans I don’t care if it makes mistakes at a lower rate.

Just a small clarification… Teslas only kill forward or backwards. Hardly ever has a car killed left or right 😂.

@scarabic@lemmy.world
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If you want to motivate people to action, frame it in terms of the property damage they’ll experience to their car when it hits a child. We’ve already seen how far the American public is willing to go for children’s lives, and it’s not very far at all.

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I hate Tesla as much as the next guy in here.

But I learned at my driving lessons that you shouldn’t hit the breaks for animals running into your lane, because it can result in a car crash that’s way worse. (think truck behind you with a much longer break length.)

Don’t know if there’s different rules.

@Windex007@lemmy.world
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If you watch the video, the deer was standing on a strip of off coloured pavement, and also had about the same length as the dotted line. Not sure how much colour information comes through at night on those cameras.

The point here isn’t actually “should it have stopped for the deer” , it’s “if the system can’t even see the deer, how could it be expected to distinguish between a deer and a child?”

The calculus changes incredibly between a deer and a child.

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Agree, it didn’t do anything to avoid the obstacle. A human could probably see it as an obstacle and try to swerve to the side, albeit not knowing what it is. Not saying it’s possible to avoid, but some reaction would be made.

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Also on motorbikes you are more stable at high speed so better to hit a dog at speed than slow down which could lead to person behind you hitting you or you crashing. Ok seems I was wrong.

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You learned wrong if you think that is a universal rule for all animals.

You might have been told that for small animals like squirrels, but that is more about not overreacting. You should absolutely brake for a deer, whether or not you are being tailgated, just like you would brake for any large object on the road.

Hitting a deer at speed is going to cause far more problems for you AND the people behind you than trying to not hit the deer.

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You’re probably right. I encountered maybe 2 or 3 deers running out in front of my car so far, and I hit the breaks every time in pure reflex anyway.

Dodged them so far, but damn I’m scared I might hit one at some point.

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Honestly, I’m surprised the car was still in one piece. I’ve seen semi-trucks disintegrate after hitting a dear.

@puppy@lemmy.world
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In what way? If it’s the bumpers and the crumple zone, then that’s a feature. Do you have a picture about what you are talking about? I’m curious.

If the deer is above certain height, its body comes up and enters your precious room through the windshield. You are lucky if you survive then.

@puppy@lemmy.world
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In a semi truck?

@snekerpimp@lemmy.world
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I don’t keep pictures like that on me, and I don’t feel like doing a google search for you. Travel blue ridge parkway or skyline drive, or any back road in the Appalachians and you will see what happens when a ten point meets metal.

Elon’s Death

For a brief moment, I was so excited… Rip deer.

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We can only hope soon 🙏

FireWire400
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its just a deer

Deer are people too…

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