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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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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I fucking hate tesla and elon musk. Also I fucking hate people calling unverifiable shit science

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well, it was published, up to you to do a peer review I guess!

Also, this isn't needing science, it blatantly shows that things does infact not function as intended.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Just fyi, they used AEB in one car and cruise control in another. Far from even. I think it was a fail from the start considering they couldn’t get AEB to even fire on the Tesla driving without cruise control. Insane

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

You're upset that made up people in your head called this video a research project or something? Because the closest thing I could find to what you're complaining about is his YouTube channel's description where it says "friend of science".

He never claimed to be a scientist, doesn't claim to be doing scientific research. In his own words, he's just doing some tests on his own car. That's it.