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Such a narrative would be immediately called out. I really don't think that kind of trickery is something to worry about.

> things can change dramatically in a few seconds at highway speeds

In the immediate term, "brake enough not to hit things" is a very good default response and a computer should be better than a human at doing so.



> Such a narrative would be immediately called out.

Really?

Tesla has done exactly that - refusing liability because autopilot returned control to the driver in less than a second before the crash.[0]

No one called them out on it. There was a lot of hand wringing and feigned outrage but Musk's ass needs to be kissed and it ain't gonna kiss itself.

[0](https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/nhtsa...)


I don't see that in the link you provided? I think I heard of this crash, but I don't remember specifics, and it looks like Tesla didn't comment.

On a page of statistics they put together, they said "we count any crash in which Autopilot was deactivated within 5 seconds before impact", and that seems sufficient for a level 2 system.




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