[SriniK]

I really wish everyone had a chance to use the autopilot feature and judge themselves. I use it every single day and trust the machine.

Issue is, with every complex system, there are few ins and outs that users need to know - like lane merge buffer lines, sharp lane merges by another vehicle in front of view, etc. Within your first few rides(below 10), users could pretty much guess when it works and when it might have issues.

On labeling the feature, it is marked clearly BETA and wiggle prompt is shown pretty much in all the confusing cases - so alert is never missed for me.

My only gripe is with all these incidents, Tesla is forced to update the feature to make it less user friendly or take out completely. I genuinely feel safe and come home every single day with less stress. Elon's tantrums are not helping the situation either.

[yellow_postit]

Blaming the users doesn’t seem like a winning strategy. If the system needs users “guessing” about its behavior maybe it should be gates behind a test with periodic checkpoints as the software behavior changes.

[jijojv]

I have been using AP2 every day for more than a year now as its very convenient but inherently dangerous as its addictive and provides a false sense of security as it works great ~ 90-95% of the time. I would not be opposed to an auto-steer ban to force Tesla to get their priorities straight about stationery object detection and auto-braking and stop scamming people about their self-driving if its really years away. You can still use adaptive cruise which eases all the commute hassles yet forces you to be actively engaged.

[nikofeyn]

can i ask why you “trust” the system with your life so much?

there’s not a single piece of software i trust in my daily life. i mean, something as simple as an iPad, phone, computer, tv, etc. hardly goes a day without a glitch, but yet people are ready to trust “self-driving” auto features as if they’ve never experienced a software failure before. and normally, it isn’t a software failure in the strictest sense. it’s a human error embedded in software. so i ask myself, do i trust the however many overworked, sleep deprived, wide-eyed engineers’ abstract and concrete thought now embedded in cars’ active driving systems? the answer is no way.