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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 63 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Teslas are already directly dangerous to his customers but our society is numb to traffic violence so people don’t care as much as they should. But “full self-driving” has already killed people.

Edit: removed “a lot” because while I suspect it is true, it remains unproven.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But ~~“full self-driving”~~ false advertising has already killed a lot of people.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago

Sure, that’s what I was referring to. But I’m realizing not everyone is as aware of the whole story here.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

“full self-driving” has already killed a lot of people.

There's only one death linked to FSD beta and even he was driving drunk.

In a recent interview, Rossiter said he believes that von Ohain was using Full Self-Driving, which — if true — would make his death the first known fatality involving Tesla’s most advanced driver-assistance technology

Von Ohain and Rossiter had been drinking, and an autopsy found that von Ohain died with a blood alcohol level of 0.26 — more than three times the legal limit

Source

However there's approximately 40 accidents that have led to serious injury or death due to the use of the less advanced driver assist system "autopilot".

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 16 points 10 months ago

You’re right, I was conflating the two. However, I suspect there are more cases than just this one due to Tesla’s dishonesty and secrecy.

[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

(Why would the human's inebriation level matter if the vehicle is moving autonomously?)

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because it's not autonomous, nor "full self driving". It's a glorified adaptive cruise control. I don't think it's even in the L3 category... (I'm not the biggest fan of the autonomy "levels" classification but it's an ok reference for this).

[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Tesla would just get up and lie to the public like that?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

Agreed. Also while it’s impossible to say in any individual case I suspect people might be more likely to drive while inebriated if they believe the autopilot will be driving for them.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

This kind of thinking is why these accidents happen. The goal of autonomous driving is for it to one day be better driver than the best human driver, but this technology is still in its infancy and requires an attentive driver behind the wheel. Even Teslas tell you this when you engage these systems.

[–] CyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tesla’s secrecy around its safety data makes it hard to do a robust analysis but here’s a decent overview: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/10/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk/

[–] redfox@infosec.pub -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What if we compare that to human related injuries?

I bet more people were killed by other human drivers today. Probably another right now...

I'm not excusing lack of tech safety, but I think there's a double standard not in context.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

So I hear what you’re saying—what we really want to measure is deaths avoided versus those caused. But it’s a difficult thing to measure how many people the technology saved. So while I’m cognizant of this issue, I’m not sure how to get around that. That said, the article mentions that Tesla drivers are experiencing much higher rates of collisions than other manufacturers. There could be multiple factors at play here, but I suspect the autopilot (and especially Tesla’s misleading claims around it) is among them.

Also, while there may be an unmeasured benefit in reducing collisions, there may also be an unmeasured cost in inducing more driving. This has not been widely discussed in this debate but I think it is a big problem with self-driving technology that only gets worse as the technology improves.

[–] redfox@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, I'm hoping though it progresses to the point that we can reasonably reduce vehicle related incidents.

Between drunk driving, texting, and generally not paying attention, I'd love more people using automated driving if it became statistically safer.

Some people are scared to fly even thought it's statistically safer. They don't want to be the rare happening. Unless Boeing, then check your doors...

Edit, I also agree you can't easily track or correlate things that didn't happen with all the factors here.