Fastest speed clocked in at 35mph during the entire trip with an average of 15-25mph for remainder of the time. Does this suffice a realistic use case? Specifically in US?
Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
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Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
#62Very 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…
In my autopilot gen 1 Tesla, when the software was first released, lane markings had to be really clear, but as the software has matured, it now does less than perfect lane marking in pretty heavy rain without issue.
I think the current-gen autopilot vision code is a completely different codebase from a different supplier running on different hardware than the gen 1, though, so all those improvements have probably been thrown away.
Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
If you pause it at 0:54 it clearly made a mistake. The foot of the left person is outside the green box, the car thought the person was further forward and to the left of where they really were. Good progress but not ready for prime time.
you're looking at it from the wrong perspective. the car just wanted to slow down to give the male driver time to properly look at the female joggers.
Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
If you pause it at 0:54 it clearly made a mistake. The foot of the left person is outside the green box, the car thought the person was further forward and to the left of where they really were. Good progress but not ready for prime time.
i don't know much about self-driving, but i would not over-interpret the green boxes. Also i don't know if your assessment about the range is true. Seems like a bug.
Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my autopilot gen 1 Tesla, when the software was first released, lane markings had to be really clear, but as the software has matured, it now does less than perfect lane marking in pretty heavy rain without issue.
I think the current-gen autopilot vision code is a completely different codebase from a different supplier running on different hardware than the gen 1, though, so all those improvements have probably been thrown away.
Curious, why do you think so? Wouldn't make much sense to throw all that stuff away.
Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
#66Wow 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.
Elon is known for being closely with involved with his companies' PR. Here he acknowledges the music choice explicitly: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/799908000689336320
Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
#67I think watching this in real-time would be more informative. At 1:32, it pull out on what looks like could be a busy road, then stops before starting again. It doesn't look so bad sped up in the video, but not great in reality.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Absolutely yes. I can't wait for that day. We'll end up saving more lives per year than if we somehow banished war, at least in industrialized countries.
What's weird is the period we're entering, where the technology is becoming more and more capable, but we're still a very long ways away from full auto. Yet the hype machine says it's just around the corner. I'm betting we're still 10-15 years out. So how do we handle situations where the driver has to pay a little attention, but not that much? In airplanes, this has been a very dangerous area -- and things in airplanes usually happen much, much slower than they do in traffic.
Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
#69Well it was certainly fun to watch. Aren't there more detection methods than just cameras? This is certainly the best one I have seen from them but I still want to see it at night, in rain, and such, times when people need the most help with driving. This was still too nice of weather to get a good impression of how far its come.
Also, if the driver wants to exceed the speed limit of a road will autopilot allow them? If so, who becomes liable since the system will obviously know the speed.
If the road had not been curved when it came upon the joggers would it have passed without stopping? Is that something that needs work on? I understand its erring on the side of safety.
So next drives, a night run, a rain run, and if they are really ballsy then both at one time. Would be cool to have someone throw something in front of it while its going through the parking lot, beach ball, etc.
Re: Autopilot Full Self-Driving Demonstration [video]
#70I really hope Tesla would do a demo on the roads of India. If a car can self drive there I would have no trouble purchasing one. Indian drivers are some of the most resourceful drivers I have seen on my visits there, yes its complete chaos, but how they navigate through all that, while utilizing every bit of the road is, just amazing.
p.s I really enjoyed the choice of music on that video.