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Originally Posted by IT
Sad for the driver, but saddening for the motor industry as it could be a huge and unfortunate set back in the world of autopilot driving, whether the Tesla ends up to blame or not....
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My thoughts exactly.
While human-fault accidents like this happen every day, rightly or wrongly, there is zero public tolerance when technology is to blame. It's certainly a set-back.
Clearly there's still some way to go to perfect these systems. In this particular case, it seems to me that the system shouldn't have been relying on cameras alone. Surely distance/proximity sensors should help distinguish between truck and sky!?
But in any case, the driver should not have been relying entirely on the system; these things aren't foolproof, yet.
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