Tesla’s Autopilot is not at all advertised as full self driving. That’s the system that most Tesla drivers can opt to use at the moment, and according to Tesla explicitly requires continuous vigilance. Their FSD Beta is an entirely different system, not yet available except to a few beta testers and as yet issued with…

This may be redundant, but “Autopilot” and “Full Self Driving Beta” are two entirely different control systems, the first widely available and the second only as yet deployed to a relatively few beta testers, and claimed to be based on entirely new and better AI. This comment is not intended to compare the systems,…

Oh, believe me, it’s not a joke — donuts produce very bad results on the old glucose meter. But Krispy Kreme doesn’t make kale salad, so let us praise Krispy Kreme for this brilliant reward/promotion. Maybe Kale Konfections will do something similar.

I have no personal experience with either Autopilot or Full Self Driving (FSD), and will not comment on their relative merits or problems, but I need to point out that they are in no way one and the same thing. Autopilot is a poorly named set of semi-autonomous features that is available to any Tesla owner who wants…

I think the mouse survived, too.

Usually these studies overlook the pollution cost of extracting, refining, and transporting fossil fuels to the dispensing location, while emphasizing the increased emissions involved in manufacturing. Again, the latter is a once-only cost, while the former is continuous.

I agree that automakers, most notably Tesla, have moved too quickly to deploy their autonomous features. Waymo may have done enough testing by now (without yet marketing their tech), but surely no one else has, and the technology is just too immature to trust as safety equipment.

Here’s a case where the corrupt president’s interests and the public’s might be congruent. A Time-Warner relatively detached from these other media giants could potentially be able to operate much more independently. Depending, of course, on who makes the purchase. Maybe Ted Turner should buy it all back.

Us EV types would be impressed with this the same way we’re impressed with electronic buggy whips.

Hmm, an electric motor has very few moving parts, and does not lose power over time. Just sayin’.

Do you believe?

Maybe I’m missing something, but what on earth is this about? My motor is permanently sealed and lubricated. I’m not sure where I would put such a device. I suppose I could oil-cool the batteries or something, but who cares if the oil got dirty?

I guess I could hang that plug from my mirror to see if the road is level or not. Otherwise, I’m not sure what I’d do with it. My car’s motor has only one moving part, unrelated to the usual function of this device.

Sigh. Using the frame rate and/or refresh rate as a clock for the actual progress of a game is just negligent laziness. The underlying action model should be synched to real time, with video rates determining only how smooth the result can be. Or I’m missing something.

“its”. Please!

If people would do it, it would work better to empty the plane beginning at the seats furthest from the door, more or less the way people leave a church after a wedding. No one would be concerned as they fetched their luggage that those behind them were being slowed, etc. Inconsistent with seat pricing, classes, human…

Usually it’s applause for the smoothness of the event, methinks.

In the meantime, it’s probably 40% less likely to be involved in a crash. I have a friend whose Tesla saved him from a rear-ender days after he got the car. Anecdotal evidence supports the claim, so that settles it — proof by vigorous assertion.

An opt-in, with these assurances, seems like a perfectly fine way to do this sort of thing.

Umm, cabinet secretaries are not lawmakers. And this cabinet was intentionally chosen to be as unfit for their jobs as humanly possible, while still retaining the hubris to believe that they’re just what the country ordered.