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Tesla Autopilot Almost Steers Model 3 into Oncoming Train

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Re: Tesla Autopilot Almost Steers Model 3 into Oncoming Train

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??? I thought that was what it was for. Or maybe for making wacky collision vids on YouTube?

Tesla just closed their whole self-driving office in San Mateo, and fired ("for poor performance") most of the staff, directing some to come to work across the bay. For now.

People still employed on that activity would best update their résumés. People who paid for self-driving already? I would ask for a refund, in your shoes. (I wonder if they will comply.) People fired for cause without due process? Sue. Really. How scummy is it to do a mass layoff, and make toxic shit up just to avoid complying with laws for mass layoffs?

Supposedly the "important" people are still employed. For now.

Re: Tesla Autopilot Almost Steers Model 3 into Oncoming Train

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Was the train running a red light? This seems confusing for a human driver, too. I'm usually looking for cars and pedestrians, not trains when turning left.

It’s a tram, not a train, and many cities have trams as part of their public transport system

Re: Tesla Autopilot Almost Steers Model 3 into Oncoming Train

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post #2

??? I thought that was what it was for. Or maybe for making wacky collision vids on YouTube? Tesla just closed their whole self-driving office in San Mateo, and fired ("for poor performance") most of the staff, directing some to come to work across the bay. For now. People still employed on that activity would best update their résumés. People who paid for self-driving already? I would ask for a refund, in your shoes…

> Supposedly the "important" people are still employed.

Karpathy is still on a "sabbatical". The odds of him returning from that is pretty much zero.

Re: Tesla Autopilot Almost Steers Model 3 into Oncoming Train

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post #4

Was the train running a red light? This seems confusing for a human driver, too. I'm usually looking for cars and pedestrians, not trains when turning left.

It’s a tram, not a train, and many cities have trams as part of their public transport system

Though many cities have them they're sort of glossed over in drivers ed and it clearly shows at times.

Re: Tesla Autopilot Almost Steers Model 3 into Oncoming Train

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Was the train running a red light? This seems confusing for a human driver, too. I'm usually looking for cars and pedestrians, not trains when turning left.

Did you watch the video? There's absolutely nothing confusing about the tram coming towards the Tesla, whether it has the right-of-way or not. And there's nothing in the video that suggests the tram was running a red light.

Re: Tesla Autopilot Almost Steers Model 3 into Oncoming Train

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a tram, not a train, and many cities have trams as part of their public transport system

Though many cities have them they're sort of glossed over in drivers ed and it clearly shows at times.

Do people really need a lesson to know not to turn just in front of a tram?
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