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by kwant_kiddo 1327 days ago
I think posts like this are only getting upvotes because George Hotz owns the project. I do see value in simple code, but the constraint of 1000 LOC makes little sense to me, especially when the code is formatted poorly.

This will get downvoted, but reading the comments here I dont understand the (cult/respect) for him. Siding with the most successful CTF-team ever (PPP) he won defcon two times. He made a startup with funding that makes a cool 'niche' product.

I just think a guy like Chris Lattner or Dave Cutler who made so much impact on real computing deserve so much more respect, but I guess that the norm here is to admire this guy.
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gamegoblin 1327 days ago
Your list lacks the reason for his initial fame: iPhone and PS3 jailbreaking.

And I think you're downplaying the achievements of Comma AI -- it may still be somewhat niche, but its product is better than Tesla Autopilot for highway driving (they aren't there on city driving / FSD yet), all with an absolutely tiny team.

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lostmsu 1327 days ago
Re: Comma AI. This is what it tells me about my run-of-the-mill Toyota:

> openpilot upgrades your Toyota Highlander Hybrid with automated lane centering at all speeds, and adaptive cruise control that automatically resumes from a stop.

Both are annoying artificial limitations Toyota put presumably to avoid abuse by inattentive drivers.

I mean it can't change lanes. What does it do exactly?

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gamegoblin 1327 days ago
Comma AI deliberately made lane change require a small bit of human intervention for safety reasons. The human hits the blinker and gives the wheel a tiny nudge in the direction, and then openpilot will complete the lane change and resume driving in the new lane.

The theory is that at the current ability of software like Tesla and Comma has, it's probably a good idea for a human to be paying more attention during a lane change maneuver. Comma is of the opinion that the level of autonomy Teslas have is probably unnecessarily unsafe. Comma cares a lot about safety (e.g. they have much more sophisticated driver monitoring than Tesla).

Lane change here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xm8DRwvLObQ

Since openpilot is open source software, there are of course forks that exist that remove these safety limitations and will lane change automatically.

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