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I saw the Tesla Robotaxi:

  • Drive into oncoming traffic, getting honked at in the process.
  • Signal a turn and then go straight at a stop sign with turn signal on.
  • Park in a fire lane to drop off the passenger.

And that was in a single 22 minute ride. Not great performance at all.

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[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wow that turn signal sound is annoying. Why does it even need to make a sound in a car that’s supposed to be driving itself?

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[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oof, these highlighted parts from only one video are already enough for me. This looks very stressful, I don't think I could finish a whole ride with one of these.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Don’t worry. It’ll get into a collision before you finish a whole ride.

[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not great performance at all.

That's better than I was expecting to be perfectly honest.

I'm pretty impressed with the technology, but clearly it's not ready for field use.

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[–] last_philosopher@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

At least it's not driving straight into a tree, I call that an improvement.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Man, I cannot figure out why that vehicle was turning. What is it trying to avoid? Why does it think there could be road there? Why doesn't it try to correct its action mid way?

I'm really concerned about that last question. I have to assume that at some point prior to impact, the system realized it made a mistake. Surely. So why didn't it try to recover from the situation? Does it have a system for recovering from errors, or does it just continue and say "well I'll get it next time, now on with the fetal crash"?

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What real world problem does this solve?

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Actually, lots. The issue is that if it doesn't work it's dangerous.

[–] allan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it really task automation if it does it worse than a drunk human could have done it?

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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Nothing that a train + scooter / bicycle cannot solve imo

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Woaw! Damn! The robotaxis are a dangerous fuck up!? That's most surprising thing that happened all year! There's literally no way I could've seen that coming.

[–] spamspeicher@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Tesla is is just following the regional driving style. Humans make the same mistakes at 15:06

/s

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[–] tym@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Sounds like the indian guy driving it with a joystick was a bit hungover. You'd think they'd screen that thing at the entrance of the cubicle farm where all these AI folk drive these from. AI is just "anonymous indians" for elmo's grifting kind.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One of those American robot cars

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[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago
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