Some Tesla owners believe their vehicles can see the dead. It couldn't be that self-driving systems are bad, could it?
Tesla's phantom braking issue, as well as other ghosts in the machine, are well known to both regulators and consumers, but in this Halloween season, some owners are going to TikTok to put up a fresh explanation: dead humans from beyond the grave.
Now, I am completely aware that people say ridiculous things on TikTok while not genuinely believing in those ridiculous things, but some of the replies appear to be on the level. Many people are eager to embrace the ludicrous hypothesis, according to comments on the Verge's most recent video with self-driving vehicle specialist Sam Abuelsamid.
To be clear, your Tesla does not have the ability to detect ghosts. Tesla may have programmed cars to show random blips of pedestrians in graveyards for a chuckle, but given the hit-or-miss nature of their semi-autonomous systems, what seems more plausible is that the onboard computer is "seeing" gravestones and misinterpreting them as humans because cemeteries lack animation. That is also Abuelsamid's theory. The Verge reports:
Tesla has chosen to depend only on cameras for its driver assistance capabilities. Cameras are essentially passive sensors. They are catching light reflected off other things from unknown sources. That is, they have no idea where an object is in actual space.
But just because Teslas have been observed mistaking the moon for a yellow light doesn't make the car a wary werewolf. Teslas have mistook a washing machine and dryer for a bus, a billboard for a stop sign, a patrol vehicle for no obstruction at all, and crowded sidewalks for wide roadways. It's hardly surprising that the automobiles would misinterpret gravestones, which a motorist wouldn't ordinarily meet, and perceive such markings as a barrier. Consider this video from a year ago of a Tesla capturing "ghosts," including a puppy and a man on a motorcycle; all of these are items that the car is designed to hunt for. It's a blip that most people miss when driving, but in a cemetery, it becomes important.
What's scarier than possible ghosts on your infotainment screen? The most recent upgrade to Tesla's so-called Full Self Driving software, which is so terrible that some beta drivers are afraid to use it. The federal government announced a criminal inquiry into Tesla's semi-autonomous technology Autopilot this week. Over 800,000 automobiles are currently stuck in traffic with possibly criminally negligent software that might kill and maim. It's enough to give anyone nightmares.
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SOURCE: jalopnik
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