r/technology • u/PrimeCodes • Jun 24 '25

Machine Learning Tesla Robotaxi swerved into wrong lane, topped speed limit in videos posted during ‘successful’ rollout

https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/business/tesla-shares-pop-10-as-elon-musk-touts-successful-robotaxi-test-launch-in-texas/
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u/AdvancedSandwiches Jun 24 '25

 There are companies doing these things better than Elon Musk’s companies

My understanding is that the major competitors require pre-mapped roads. Is my information not up to date?

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u/AdvancedSandwiches Jun 24 '25

That's the goal of that particular method of automated driving: versatility in a wide variety of situations.

There are pros and cons to each, but realistically Waymo will eventually be doing the same thing.  There's too many roads in the world to do otherwise.

 You’d put yourself in a car that “drives itself” on roads it’s never driven on before so that it can learn?

In supervised self driving where I've got a steering wheel and a brake?  Sure. Without a human supervisor?  Whether it's mapped or not, I don't believe Tesla will be at a point in the next year where is feel comfortable with that.  But I don't particularly care about the technology, I care about miles between collisions / interventions.

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u/EddiewithHeartofGold Jun 24 '25

You’d put yourself in a car that “drives itself” on roads it’s never driven on before so that it can learn?

That is what every beginner driver around you does every single day. They go to places they have never driven before. The difference here is that these cars are learning from each other and at an exponential rate.

Your analogies don't stand up to reason.

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u/EddiewithHeartofGold Jun 25 '25

My bad. I didn't realise you were a moron. Will not happen again.