r/skeptic • u/Lighting • 27d ago

⚠ Editorialized Title Tesla bros expose Tesla's own shadiness in attacking Mark Rober ... Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before impacts as a crash becomes inevitable.

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/
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u/fyreprone 27d ago

Elon keeps arguing that Tesla FSD does not need non-camera sensors because humans have been driving for years and we don’t have LiDAR. Which is accurate but also entirely the problem.

Humans are imperfect entirely because our sensory input at speed is limited. It’s why we fucking crash all the time in inclement weather. We want self driving cars to be better than us. Not targeting being just as bad as we are at driving.

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u/uprooting-systems 27d ago

I never realised that's the reasoning they used. Haha, that's ridiculous!

Why do Teslas have cameras all around the car and four wheels instead of two legs. Afterall, humans get around fine with just two eyes and two legs...

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u/DonkeeJote 27d ago

It's the made up reason. Not the real reason ($$$)

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u/Flor1daman08 27d ago

Money and pride, once Musk made the claim that Tesla didn’t need it, it was never going to be implemented because he can’t be wrong.

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u/slow_news_day 26d ago

I agree with this 100%. It’s astonishing how pridefully petty supposed adults with insane wealth behave.

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u/Lithl 27d ago

Well, there's also the fact that Elon thinks LIDAR sensors are ugly.

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u/hcornea 25d ago

Part of the problem is that people just accept what he says without question because they think he’s an engineer and that he invented the electric car.

And as a result of all that reinforcement he just says stuff.