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Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Post by em3rgent0rdr »

Gys wrote: post #14
inimino wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On perfectly marked roads, in fair weather, with no bad behaviour seen from other drivers in the video. Impressive, but the technology has a long way to go yet before it can replace human drivers.

I do not understand why the focus on self driving is so much on the whole trip. 90 - 95% of the time I am driving long stretches, I spend on highways. No problem if only that part would be done selfdriving. Those few minutes in busy town centers I do not mind to do myself. No problem of driving short stretches (10 - 15 min) either.

maybe your driving behavior is different from other people. I live in a city and do about half time on city streets and half time on highways. Anyway, consistent performance on all parts of the trip is needed to convince buyers.

Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Post by the8472 »

There seem to be some issues. E.g. it recognizes the joggers (0:55) as obstacles even though they're obviously (to a human) on the sidewalk. And when taking a right turn (1:01) it mistakes a hydrant and a parked car in a parking bay on the other side for an obstacle and stops for a moment before noticing that they're not actually in its lane.

I think a polite driver may have slowed down gradually to not startle the joggers, but not stopped if it were avoidable, especially since there was a car behind the tesla.

In the latter case i guess the field of view of the cameras is not wide enough to assess those things during a turn in advance?

Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Post by JimDabell »

noir_lord wrote: post #5

The Benny Hill theme tune was a pretty unfortunate choice of background music, not sure if that's the impression they wanted to make (maybe it was, not sure).

When the last video came out, there were quite a few people saying "wait, that video's sped up, right? It doesn't seem to be taking turns at a safe speed."

I expect Tesla got feedback indicating that some people didn't notice that the last video was sped up, so they decided to make this video a lot more obvious by speeding it up even more and adding the music. I agree, it's not really a good choice, but I can see how they might have come to that decision.

Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Post by XJOKOLAT »

kowdermeister wrote: post #11
noir_lord wrote: post #5

The Benny Hill theme tune was a pretty unfortunate choice of background music, not sure if that's the impression they wanted to make (maybe it was, not sure).

Geez, indeed poor choice. I muted it first and kept listening to my deephouse podcast :)

What? Come on. The TV show was ridiculous but the theme still brings a smile to my face.

Appropriate in bringing light heartedness to a typically sped up video.

Can everyone chill the fox out about a theme tune?

Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Post by Matt3o12_ »

Gys wrote: post #14
inimino wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On perfectly marked roads, in fair weather, with no bad behaviour seen from other drivers in the video. Impressive, but the technology has a long way to go yet before it can replace human drivers.

I do not understand why the focus on self driving is so much on the whole trip. 90 - 95% of the time I am driving long stretches, I spend on highways. No problem if only that part would be done selfdriving. Those few minutes in busy town centers I do not mind to do myself. No problem of driving short stretches (10 - 15 min) either.

It shows that the car would have been able to drive the route completely without a driver. This is handy if you want to pickup somebody, want to avoid high parking fees, need to charge your car without actually doing it.

Doing those things right now in a Tesla is probably not safe just now, but it shows that level 5 autonomy is not so far fetched and 2020 is a realistic date.

Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Post by DanielBMarkham »

em3rgent0rdr wrote: post #19
inimino wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On perfectly marked roads, in fair weather, with no bad behaviour seen from other drivers in the video. Impressive, but the technology has a long way to go yet before it can replace human drivers.

A real convincing promo video would be in stormy weather with angry, unpredictable drivers and random jaywalking kids.

Agreed. Throw in some fog, high-speed stop-and-go interstate fun, and moving from the interstate into a crowded city full of people jaywalking and running stoplights trying to get to where they're going.

Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Post by jdietrich »

noir_lord wrote: post #5

The Benny Hill theme tune was a pretty unfortunate choice of background music, not sure if that's the impression they wanted to make (maybe it was, not sure).

I like it.

The tech community tends to be a bit dour and pompous. We tend to overblow every tiny announcement into some world-changing event. Look at Apple's recent announcement video for their $300 book for a particularly gratuitous example.

It's healthy for Tesla to retain a sense of self-deprecating humour. Self-driving cars are massively important, but they're also a bit silly and strange. There's no harm in acknowledging the absurdity of a car that drives itself. There's no harm in bursting your own bubble.

Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]

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Post by tomp »

romanr wrote: post #16

So it appears it's reading the road signs? I see it stops on the intersection with a stop sign where's no traffic lights. But what if the sign is damaged or removed? The car will go straight without stopping?

Maybe it's relying on maps & GPS data.
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