Tesla: Our ‘failure’ to make actual self-driving cars ‘is not fraud’ - https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/business/tesla-fsd-autopilot-lawsuit/index.html
@lauren I feel like if "everyone in the industry says this is impossible" should put you in fraud territory when you fail. Hi, Theranos! Zero competitors thought camera-only self-driving is a thing.
@ocdtrekkie @lauren I think a key point to observe is that even if it were a thing, sensor fusion is worth pursuing because the goal is to do *better* than human-driven. If we were just automating to human-driven, that's got economic value but isn't nearly as meaningful as saving lives.
For that reason, pulling in signals human drivers can't use is a huge point of leverage towards doing better than humans could ever possibly do. I've seen videos of auto-braking saving their drivers from an accordion collision on the highway because shallow-bounce radar thrown under the bumpers of the vehicle in front can see traffic slamming to a stop when the vehicle in front of the driver completely obscures their down-road view.
@ocdtrekkie @mtomczak "Follow the money."
@mtomczak @ocdtrekkie The trick is how to prevent driver-assist systems from being abused as if they are actually self-driving -- a situation that has been seen with Tesla many times, and which Elon's hype ultimately encourages.