An open letter to the Tesla fan who wants to run over a kid

Post by renewiltord » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 12:43 AM UTC

giantrobot wrote: post #15

treesprite82 wrote: post #7

> Don’t force a kid to walk in front of your 4,000-pound metal box traveling at god knows what speed Some consolation, according to the tweet chain, is that it'll be at 5MPH and the child wouldn't be in front of the car (just on the sidewalk approaching the road). Still not sure the need to put an actual child at any risk when the car stopping for a dummy would prove the same point if not stronger.

There's a non-zero chance the Autopilot will think the kid is a freeway center divider and accelerate into it.

Post by johnnyanmac » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 12:51 AM UTC

renewiltord wrote: post #21

giantrobot wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a non-zero chance the Autopilot will think the kid is a freeway center divider and accelerate into it.

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Post by krnlpnc » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 12:54 AM UTC

Post by _moof » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 1:01 AM UTC

dannyobrien wrote: post #26

So I've mentioned this before -- traditionally, journalism involves reaching out to the person you're writing about for comment before posting it. I wish they'd mark off as "opinion" pieces like this that clearly don't follow those methods.

Post by tsol » Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 1:07 AM UTC