Mark Rober's recent video contrasts Tesla's camera-only Autopilot with a lidar-equipped vehicle, revealing that the latter successfully stops before crashing into an obstacle, while the Tesla does not. The video sparked widespread attention with 10 million views in two days, prompting both praise for highlighting potential dangers and accusations of deceit, leading to claims of a conspiracy against Tesla. Critics highlighted issues with Rober's title, arguing it misrepresents the capabilities of Autopilot, which does not enable full self-driving. The debate touches on broader discussions about driver-assistance technology.
The lidar-equipped vehicle brakes before crashing into the wall, while the Tesla Model Y plows right through it.
Rober falls victim to that classic blunder: conflating advanced driver assistance with self-driving. We've all been there.
Most of the criticism about Rober's video falls into the bucket of people who think he faked the test to make Tesla look bad.
...others accused Rober of faking the video, noting a number of inconsistencies.
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