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Tesla Fans Furious at Video of Tesla Crashing Into Wall Painted Like Road (futurism.com)

submitted 2 days ago by whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The video does bring up human ability too with the fog test ("Optically, with my own eyes, I can no longer see there's a kid through this fog. The lidar has no issue.") But, as they show, this wall is extremely obvious to the driver.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The tesla would lose its shit if it sees this

[–] T156@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

They already have trouble enough with trucks carrying traffic lights, or with speed limit stickers on them.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and fire trucks. and little kids. and, uh, lots of things really.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have seen trucks with landscape scenes painted on the side and I've never crashed into one of those thinking that it was a portal to a random sunlit field.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

see, that's what you're supposed to think. because you're not special. but really, it's a secret portal to a magical world, a world that's very exciting for a few seconds.