[_ea1k]

> Most companies in this industry, thankfully, seem to be moving carefully and rolling out their products conservatively;

Having used other products, I think this is objectively not true. I've seen "Pro" pilot accelerate itself into its own collision warning and randomly fail at basic curves.

I've seen video of Ford Copilot failing due to glare and jerking toward trees.

For some reason, Tesla just gets more attention. Some of the other beta-like behaviors are actually worse.

[AlexandrB]

Tesla gets more attention because their CEO keeps promising the world[1] and selling these features as "Full Self Driving" instead of "Copilot".

[1] https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/68627925129377792...

[_ea1k]

The others claim that you can drive without your hands on the wheel, despite the fact that the time required for takeover can be milliseconds.

I'm really not convinced that is objectively better, even with whitelisted roads.

[amanaplanacanal]

I haven’t seen this, but I’m out of the loop. Which ones are claiming this?

[_ea1k]

GM SuperCruise right now, and Ford is claiming that their "Blue Cruise" product will be able to do it soon. There may be others, but those are the two that I'm familiar with.

I've also been observing a general trend of reviewers rating the performance of new vehicles based in part on how long it can go without nagging the user to hold the wheel. sigh

[beardyw]

Quite a lot of milliseconds in fact. For a visual stimulus it is 1/4 of a second minimum. That's 22 feet at 50 mph.