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Re: Tesla Autopilot

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is this any different than Microsoft restricting Home versions of Office for non-business use? They've been getting away with that for decades now.

Well, for one, a car is a physical object; you can't near-instantaneously create an arbitrary number of exact duplicates of your car.

Why would that - whether it's physical or not - determine what kind of licenses you can attach to the product?

Re: Tesla Autopilot

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post #36

Will I get a DUI if I'm drunk and my car drives me home? Say I'm in the back seat.

What happens if you're drunk and in the back seat and your self driving car runs over a cyclist? One risks more than a DUI.

Re: Tesla Autopilot

#53

Tesla sent out an email today. Autopilot Updates We just released the latest version of Autopilot. You can now experience Enhanced Autopilot features including Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, Autosteer, Auto Lane Change, Parallel + Perpendicular Autopark, and Summon. Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward + Side Collision Warning, and more advanced safety features are also active and standard. All Tesla vehicles have the…

"All Tesla vehicles have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver."

In the Model S configuration page, "enhanced autopilot" and "full self-driving capability" are still optional extras that together cost $8,000, so I'm not sure what they're talking about here.

https://www.tesla.com/models/design

Re: Tesla Autopilot

#54

Tesla sent out an email today. Autopilot Updates We just released the latest version of Autopilot. You can now experience Enhanced Autopilot features including Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, Autosteer, Auto Lane Change, Parallel + Perpendicular Autopark, and Summon. Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward + Side Collision Warning, and more advanced safety features are also active and standard. All Tesla vehicles have the…

All the necessary hardware? Do Teslas have lidar?

They don't work in bad weather conditions like rain. So auto driving systems can't rely on LIDAR what rules it out as main sensor.

Re: Tesla Autopilot

#55
I don't think these autopilot systems will work well in crowded cities or cities with poor infrastructure for roads.

The amount of objects for detecting and avoiding will be way too high.

The tests shows almost clear conditions for driving. This should be tested on streets of NY or a busy city like Mumbai

Re: Tesla Autopilot

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post #55

I don't think these autopilot systems will work well in crowded cities or cities with poor infrastructure for roads. The amount of objects for detecting and avoiding will be way too high. The tests shows almost clear conditions for driving. This should be tested on streets of NY or a busy city like Mumbai

Also, why isn't there a test for night time ?

Re: Tesla Autopilot

#57

This is quite interesting, I hadn't seen or heard about their intention to restrict like this, prior reading it tonight: "Please note also that using a self-driving Tesla for car sharing and ride hailing for friends and family is fine, but doing so for revenue purposes will only be permissible on the Tesla Network, details of which will be released next year."

Let's hope for someone to initiate GNU/Tesla hehe.

Re: Tesla Autopilot

#58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All the necessary hardware? Do Teslas have lidar?

Lidar is not "necessary" hardware. Humans drive just fine without lidar.

It's pretty obvious what the poster meant. Why doesn't tesla need lidar? Cars aren't humans, so that comparison isn't really helpful.

Re: Tesla Autopilot

#59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Software-like licenses make their way to hardware world. I wonder how soon we'll start seeing "as is" and "no guarantees of any kind" clauses…

I mean... Autopilot is software, right?

If you consider that the hardware is entirely comprised of third-party commodity parts* then yes, whatever it is that makes Autopilot a distinct product/proposition is entirely software.

* It's all really just off-the-shelf cameras, sensors, processors etc sourced from various suppliers. Of course we should acknowledge that the validation and alignment of these parts plays an important role, but there's not really any secret sauce there.

Re: Tesla Autopilot

#60

Tesla sent out an email today. Autopilot Updates We just released the latest version of Autopilot. You can now experience Enhanced Autopilot features including Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, Autosteer, Auto Lane Change, Parallel + Perpendicular Autopark, and Summon. Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward + Side Collision Warning, and more advanced safety features are also active and standard. All Tesla vehicles have the…

"All Tesla vehicles have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver." In the Model S configuration page, "enhanced autopilot" and "full self-driving capability" are still optional extras that together cost $8,000, so I'm not sure what they're talking about here. https://www.tesla.com/models/design

My understanding is that all new Tesla vehicles have all the necessary hardware, and the features are software-locked behind that $8,000 fee.

Apparently, these features can also be unlocked at a future time, for a higher fee of $10,000.

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