I think the point of both hands is in case AP does something stupid. While driving yourself on a highway, it is very unlikely that your car will suddenly swerve into oncoming traffic, unless you drive into a pothole or big snowbank. With AP, it's possible, hence the precaution of "both hands on the wheel".
The problem is that even with best intentions, as the system gets better, it takes increasingly more and more mental effort to keep alert. Google/Waymo and some independent studies confirmed it. Personally, I know better to pay attention, but a a few occasions in the past I found myself not paying as much attention as I should. On one occasion, after being stuck in stop and go traffic for almost an hour, once the traffic got going it caught me by surprise, I found myself staring out the side window and then had a sudden realization "wait, I think I'm supposed to be driving!" - that was before most of the nags. That, and catching the car a couple of times trying to drive into a broken down car on the side of a highway is when I decided to turn it off - I knew using it is just an accident waiting to happen, my biggest worry was actually exactly what eventually happened to the poor guy in the X in California. I also tell my wife not to use AP for the same reasons (and she's not a techie either, so she's likely to build up more trust in AP than I would). Maybe if the system was actually able to determine that the driver is not holding their hands on the wheel or paying attention to the road, maybe then I would start using it again, but then again, it loses a lot of its usefulness (to the driver, as it is of course useful to Tesla to have people beta-testing their stuff).
The media has a lot of credit in Tesla's success to-date. They made Elon into a media sensation. Unfortunately, hype works both ways.
I hear you, but since you stated you don't use AS other than for occasional testing it, you may not be aware that many have found that you can feel when AS is starting to go wonky, and simply tightening your grip on the wheel causes a disengagement before any bad things happen. It's almost a symbiotic relationship.
You can feel it if you're paying attention, and that is what the nagging is meant to ensure. There are probably better ways but Tesla didn't equip the cars with the appropriate sensors to monitor attention another way.
I think so. I guess we could all be simulations according to Elon, but I'm pretty sure he's off his rocker on that one.
You initially said "unsubstantiated rumor". Clearly you didn't actually mean that.
You initially said "unsubstantiated rumor". Clearly you didn't actually mean that.
If what you had meant to say was "an anecdote from an alpha tester doesn't mean every alpha tester is experiencing the same way, and we shouldn't mistake singular anecdotes for universal validity", then I guess I apologize?
Hopefully your hostage negotiator is more careful with words!
Did he say anything about coast to coast FSD demo that was originally supposed to happen by end of last year, or is that just another topic he finds too boring to talk about? It would tell you how fast AP is moving in real time vs. Elon time.
No, but he just said enhancements to the app will allow the car to come find you wherever you are. Sigh.
You mean what he said back in 2016 - "When you want your car to return, tap Summon on your phone. It will eventually find you even if you are on the other side of the country" ?!?!?!!!
