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Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality (www.reuters.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality::Tesla Inc is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to death, in what will likely be a major test of Chief Executive Elon Musk's assertions about the technology.

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[–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I think you're referring to FSD beta and not Autopilot. One is supposed to be the self driving feature at some point while the other is simply lane keeping/cruise control. FSD wasn't even available when this crash happened.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No I was referring to autopilot, just look at the name of it. It's I know it's not capable of self driving (and neither is the even more absurd name of "full self driving") but to your average person it intentionally sounds as if the car is driving itself instead of it being a driving assist.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago

    No you were referring to what you think Tesla said about Autopilot and I pointed out that you were mistaken.

    I think it sounds like autopilot in a plane or ship, where it maintains course but still needs a pilot sitting at the controls. Regardless of what you think it is or isn't, it's your duty as a driver to understand the capabilities of the two ton machine that you're voluntarily operating.

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