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In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 points 4 hours ago

To be fair, if you were to construct a wall and paint it exactly like the road, people will run into it as well. That being said, tesla shouldn't rely on cameras

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago

It's a highly questionable approach that has raised concerns over Tesla trying to evade guilt by automatically turning off any possibly incriminating driver assistance features before a crash.

So, who's the YouTuber that's gonna test this out? Since Elmo has pushed his way into the government in order to quash any investigation into it.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 62 points 7 hours ago (9 children)

My 500$ robot vacuum has LiDAR, meanwhile these 50k pieces of shit don't 😂

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[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 22 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

And the president is driving one of these?

Maybe we should be purchasing lots of paint and cement blockades...

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

When he was in the Tesla asking if he should go for a ride I was screaming "Yes! Yes Mr. President! Please! Elon, show him full self driving on the interstate! Show him full self driving mode!"

[–] Chewget@lemm.ee 12 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

The president can't drive by law unless on the grounds of the White House and maybe Camp David. At least while in office. They might be allowed to drive after leaving office...

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I don't think Trump can drive. As in, he doesn't even know what the pedals do.

[–] beirdobaggins@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

clearly knows what he is doing

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

He looks like he's making the siren sounds and having a great time

He's going to fall out of the cab on the next right turn.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Are his hands even big enough to hold the wheel?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

The real question is, in a truly self-driving car, (not a tesla) are you actually driving?

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[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 25 points 8 hours ago

If you own a tesla or a cybertruck you deserve it.

[–] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 34 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Retropunk64@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I keep praying that an anvil falls on Elon Husk next.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Retropunk64@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Okay, that is fucking funny. 😂

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Lol yeah they're "furious"

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[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 56 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

If you get any strong emotions on material shit when someone makes a video...you have 0 of my respect. Period.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Saw a guy smash a Stradivarius on video once. definitely had strong emotions on that one.

Really torn up about not having your respect tho...

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I think you could argue that that's not just material stuff though. That's historical and significant culturally.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago

Idk if the video has reason to embue strong emotions then it's fair

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