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simondotau • yesterday at 11:40 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

You just said my Dad cannot fully self drive, but then proposed an "objective" definition which my Dad unquestionably satisfies.

Are you conceding that FSD is in fact correctly named in terms of its technical capabilities, and only falls short in terms of legal liability?

I should note that my Dad is a perfectly competent driver who has not been in any car accident in the last 30 years (at least, I'm not aware of any). But he drives in a way that makes me feel somewhat uncomfortable as a passenger. It's hard to explain.


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lotsofpulp • today at 2:56 AM

>You just said my Dad cannot fully self drive

Assuming your evaluation that FSD is better in every way, which I suspect is wrong because FSD is lacking at edge cases, such as parking. It’s good, but I suspect your dad is more competent at figuring out many edge case scenarios.

>but then proposed an "objective" definition which my Dad unquestionably satisfies.

Right, which is that if Tesla was so confident, they would take on the liability, like Waymo does. It’s possible your dad is so bad at driving he shouldn’t be taking on that liability (like Tesla has decided to). But apparently he’s good enough for an insurance underwriter to trust him.

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