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Why Tesla’s cars keep crashing

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close04 ◴[] No.44470797[source]
> “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,”

This is probably core to their legal strategy. No matter how much data the cars collect they can always safely destroy most because this allows them to pretend the autonomous driving systems weren’t involved in the crash.

At this point it’s beyond me why people still trust the brand and the system. Musk really only disrupted the “fake it” part of “fake it till you make it”.

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1. palmotea ◴[] No.44474149[source]
>> “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,”

> This is probably core to their legal strategy. No matter how much data the cars collect they can always safely destroy most because this allows them to pretend the autonomous driving systems weren’t involved in the crash.

Like, what judge would get fooled by that? It's dumb software engineer thinking.

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2. morkalork ◴[] No.44474846[source]
Well it depends, does the judge reside in the Northern District of Texas?