[Dprglist] Tesla

[David Anderson]

Dave Ackley sends along the following link.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/safety/feds-call-teslas-autopilot-safe/?utm_source=TandM&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=TM0124201 
<http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/safety/feds-call-teslas-autopilot-safe/?utm_source=TandM&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=TM01242017>

The key line, at least for me, is:

"It concluded the automatic emergency braking system (AEB) was not to 
blame because it hadn’t been designed for such a scenario."

So, that's how they're going to weasel out of it.

Take hope!  Your robot's failure at the contest was not a failure at 
all.  It was simply not "designed for such a scenario" and therefore was 
actually a success!

And that baby carriage the car ran over?  Not a problem.   Not designed 
for that scenario.   The fault is the driver's, for putting the car in 
that position.  Or perhaps for not purchasing the "baby carriage 
avoidance package."

Anyway, all those millions of edge cases we were worried about turn out 
not to be a problem!   Or at least not Tesla's problem...

onward,
dpa


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