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<p class="MsoNormal">Dave Ackley sends along the following link.<br>
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href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/safety/feds-call-teslas-autopilot-safe/?utm_source=TandM&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=TM01242017">http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/safety/feds-call-teslas-autopilot-safe/?utm_source=TandM&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=TM0124201</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The key line, at least for me, is:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"It concluded the automatic emergency braking
system (AEB) was not to blame because it hadn’t been designed for
such a scenario."<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, that's how they're going to weasel out of
it. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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! <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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." <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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...<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">onward,<br>
dpa<br>
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