Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary)

https://fuelarc.com/tech/tesla-full-self-driving-veers-off-road-hits-tree-and-flips-car-for-no-obvious-reason-no-serious-injuries-but-scary/

In case you were worried about the roads being too safe, you can rest easily knowing that Teslas will be rolling out with unsupervised "Full Self Driving" in a couple days.

It doesn't seem to be going great, even in supervised mode. This one couldn't safely drive down a simple, perfectly straight road in broad daylight :( Veered off the road for no good reason. Glad nobody got badly hurt.

We analyze the onboard camera footage, and try to figure out what went wrong. Turns out, a lot. We also talk through how camera-only autonomous cars work, Tesla's upcoming autonomous taxi rollout, and how AI hallucinations figure into everything.

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slaacaa@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 1y

Good thing it doesn’t have LIDAR sensors on the front, repair would be much more expensive

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler /s :::

lemmus@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y
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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Flipping an EV is no small feat, especially a sedan. The damned center of gravity is basically at the middle of the wheels.

KayLeadfoot@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y

No kidding!

ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 1y

Ditches can make anything possible.

teamevil@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y
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deur@feddit.nl · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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KayLeadfoot@fedia.io · 8 pts · 1y

Oh RIGHT... THAT.

zeet@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

"Tesla, return to origin."

"Researching my origin... ... ... Oh my God... " screech

Zomg@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Inb4 Elon tweets that this actually is a good thing, then tries to claim that the car will protect the driver from harm. Even though the car literally crashed itself 🫠

KayLeadfoot@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y

"wow, ummmmmm--" stares off into space for 5 ketamine-soaked seconds "... The cyber-airbags worked better than designed." - Elon

$TSLA: Rises 420.69% after-hours

firadin@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Here's a link directly to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frGoalySCns

Now here's a fun experiment: start from the beginning, and pause as soon as you think the car is about to do something dangerous. That's your correction time - I was probably front wheels off the road before I paused.

KayLeadfoot@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y

I was front wheels off the road by the time my reaction time hit the mouse button.

And a mouse button is faster to activate than a steering wheel :,|

frunch@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Does insurance cover that?

RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com · 8 pts · 1y

Nah, act of god, meaning act of an oligarch.

Ledericas@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y

what else was it suppose to do, its trying to be autonomous.

Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yeah well, machine learning for controlling cars works most of the time. Sometimes it doesn't.

KayLeadfoot@fedia.io · 11 pts · 1y

That feels like a great reason to not apply machine learning to a problem.

JustJack23@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y

Someone has spoken against our glorious tech leader Elmo....

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Just wait for the "self-driving" tractor trailers...

NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Aurora Innovation already has 20 trucks on a highway in Texas as a pilot program. Unlike Tesla's design, they don't rely on cameras and have LIDAR/RADAR all over the place.

KayLeadfoot@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y

I'm actually research Aurora right now for another piece.

Much better technical setup than Tesla. Tesla isn't even trying to apply their consumer FSD tech to their semi product.

MITM0@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Do you folks remember a DLC mission in watchdogs 2 ? Hmmmm....