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US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash

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410 points jjulius | 1 comments | 18 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.228s | source
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Fomite ◴[20 Oct 24 14:24 UTC] No.41895565[source]▶
"Driver is mostly disengaged, but then must intervene in a sudden fail state" is also one of the most dangerous types of automation due to how long it takes the driver to reach full control as well.
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drowsspa ◴[20 Oct 24 16:19 UTC] No.41896399[source]▶
Yeah, I don't drive but I would think it would be worse than actually paying attention all the time
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pessimizer ◴[20 Oct 24 16:51 UTC] No.41896694[source]▶
It's also a problem that gets worse as the software gets better. Having to intervene once every 5 minutes is a lot easier than having to intervene once every 5 weeks. If lack of intervention causes an accident, I'd bet on the 5 minute car avoiding an accident longer than the 5 week car for any span of time longer than 10 weeks.
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jakub_g ◴[20 Oct 24 17:52 UTC] No.41897154[source]▶
I feel like the full self driving cars should have a "budget". Every time you drive, say, 1000 km in FSD, you then need to drive 100 km in "normal" mode to keep sharp. Or whatever the ratio / exact numbers TBD. You can reset the counter upfront by driving smaller mileage more regularly.
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1. Dylan16807 ◴[21 Oct 24 05:45 UTC] No.41901002[source]▶
Just as driving practice?

It's not going to help the problem of keeping up vigilance when monitoring a level 3 system.