Tesla Deaths: 207 Tesla Autopilot Deaths: 10 Ford Pinto Deaths: 27 Today at “Tesla AI Day” their engineering team on the main stage said the following, and I quote: …we haven’t done too much continuous learning. We train the system once, fine tune it a few times and that sort of goes into the car. … Continue reading A Simple Reason Why Tesla Keeps Crashing into Police Cars
I just got off the phone with a technology reporter for a major newspaper, where I was asked about the risks of facial recognition. That’s a deep topic, since crime using faces (deepfakes, impersonation) can apply to almost anything (fraud/theft, racism, classicism). However, I ended the call by warning about even broader risks in recognition … Continue reading Tesla Safety Fail: “Full Self Driving” Can’t Read Even Basic Traffic Signals
Update April 22, 2021: A statement from Consumer Reports’ senior director of auto testing, Jake Fisher confirms that the Tesla vehicles lack basic safety — fail to include a modern-day equivalent of a seat belt. In our test, the system not only failed to make sure the driver was paying attention — it couldn’t even … Continue reading Tesla CEO Gaslighting Autopilot Safety Failures
More and more experts are joining to denounce Tesla’s marketing as dangerously misleading. In that vein this might be one of my favorite denunciation paragraphs so far: …the guy in the passenger seat is such a constant and unflappable apologist, to the point where if the Tesla attacked and mowed down a litter of kittens … Continue reading Is Tesla an Elaborate Scam?