I feel the current Tesla model is fatally flawed. The machine does all the driving -- except for the most challenging parts, where a human needs to be able to take over? Humans aren't built that way. The machine needs to be all or nothing.
People seem to divide into mostly 2 camps. One group refuses to blindly trust technology, the other (probably larger) group is in a hurry to hand over control - the latter group is disinterested in understanding the nuances of what a particular system's limits are. <<<< That lack of understanding is where many problems may come from.....
Just thought of an old incident that happened to a friend of mine, many years ago. He was driving the 401 here, back when traffic was much lighter, late at night. He was west of Toronto, driving through farmland. Car was a 75 full sized Chev - headlight dimmer switch on the floor. After a few winters up here (salt on boots), those floor switches would barely work, and tended to stick a lot - so he was driving 70mph on Low Beams. Divided highway, no traffic, clear night...... no big deal, UNTIL a vertical wall appeared suddenly in front of the car !
Cranks the wheel, just about lost the car, went across both lanes and both shoulders till he finally pulled off to the right quite a ways up. Lost a couple of hub caps - walked back up the shoulder, not really expecting to find the hubcaps, but mostly wanted to see what the _______ it was he just about plowed into......
...... Turns out, it was just a big cardboard shipping box. It was lying totally flat in the lane and just before his lousy 1975 non-halogen sealed-beam Lo Beams lit it up, a gust of wind raised it up so it was vertical.
I wonder how AI would have handled that one...... ?
Rgds, D.
