I'm disappointed that radar images aren't included in the video. They ought to be very interesting, a whole new perspective on the world around us.
Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
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#32His fingers, so twitchy.
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#33Wow so many comments about the Benny Hill music. I for one love that Elon Musk's quirky sense of humour. So many people take themselves far too seriously.
Do you think that Elon Musk was the one to put this out (or even design the video)?
I'd have a hard time believing that, to be honest.
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#34Impressive to watch. The Tesla drives quite politely, but not annoyingly so (read that as impeding traffic). It actually stopped for the joggers who wasn't actually in the road, but very close. It also waited for a bicyclist on the right to turn left in front of the car. Looks pretty promising, not bad, especially since the trend in software (and sensors) is to get better over time.
I was wondering if stopping for the joggers was more of a bug than a feature. I don't drive much, so I'm definitely not an expert about what is best in that situation, but I would have drifted over the middle line to give them a nice berth and kept going.
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#35So 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?
I hope they are using GPS/Map data for existing signs along with visual identification of the signs. Even when the gps is not accurate enough, the system should amplify the accuracy of the location based on permanent objects and the topography.
Either on the first video or some news, i think i heard the ability to drive where the lanes are not clearly defined. Things such as snow would absolutely requires such reconstruction.
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#36I don't know about other countries, but at least in the Netherlands the Benny Hill song is used mainly in videos to ridicule the subject. I remember when funny 'Home Videos' were a thing on TV (before cats took over on the interweb) this song was used in about 90% of them. So to me, using this song in something as serious as a self driving car demonstration is pretty weird.
Probably to humble brag how Tesla made it so simple it's almost something to laugh at.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
And inevitably the AI will still be/become faster and safer than humans.
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#38There 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 j…
It passes a single jogger without an issue beforehand, but they were two when the car stopped and left one was relatively close to the lane when the car was approaching. Maybe it wouldn't stop if it was a single jogger.
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#39So 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?
What would you do if a stop sign was removed?
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#40Very cool demonstration (despite curious choice of music!).
I did notice that the lane markings are suspiciously bright and well-painted throughout the video. Almost as if they'd been touched up by Tesla! Or maybe this area just has particularly diligent road-painting crews.
In many parts of the real world you'd be lucky to get such clear lane markings throughout the journey, certainly not here in the UK or in places that get winter ice & snow.