In the piece — titled “Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?” — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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    21 hours ago

    if it was european made, it would slam the brakes or swerve in order to at least try and save lives since governments attempt to regulate companies to not do evil shit. Since it american made it is designed to maximise profit for shareholders.

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      20 hours ago

      I don’t believe automatic swerving is a good idea, depending on what’s off to the side it has the potential to make a bad situation much worse.

      I’m thinking like, kid runs into the street, car swerves and mows down a crowd on the sidewalk

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        19 hours ago

        Its the cars job to swerve into a less dangerous place.

        Can’t do that? Oops, no self-driving for you.