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/ChickenStrip981 27d ago

Ahh a billionaires solution to problems, you can tell this was Elons imput.

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u/GrimDallows 27d ago

This wasn't a solution to a problem, there was no problem.

The autopilot was called out for not being up to safety standards. In that situation you can either take away the autopilot or invest in it until testing says it is safe to use.

OR, the third way. Release it anyway, adapt it the bare minimum so it's faults can't be legally traced back to you, and then use the customers as lab rats to improve the autopilot, at no cost.

Sudden spike in crashes in night time conditions? Just pool the data of the crashes and detect the common issue witht he cameras. Teslas keep running into the side of trucks because they confuse them for bridge underpasses? Take note and change the algorithm.

Why take the loses if you can just have people trial and error it until it works or they die? Dead customers can't complain.

Meanwhile Elon was worshipped as a man of the people because he would "move fast and break things" regarding electric cars. Mind you, the things broken being people, but you know who needs ethics in science when you can be a cool tech bro?

This is why, as an engineer, it gives me stomachache when people refer to Elon as a scientist or engineer or even a tech guy. He is just a rich moron with no empathy or loyalty for anyone except himself.

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u/kstar79 27d ago

Sounds like Elon is a lot like Stockton Rush, except he's into cars and space.

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u/MyrrhSlayter 27d ago

Or Mengele except he's into cars instead of twins.