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Andrew Miller

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
434 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

And it's my responsibility to intervene in those cases.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

A Tesla at its most sophisticated level can not only...

Hard Fork
Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

So you can plug in your destination and it will take you to the road.

Hard Fork
Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

It'll take you at the speed limit or more than the speed limit if you tell it to.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

It'll keep you in the center of the lane.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

It'll make turns.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

It'll stop.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

It'll even change lanes for you.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

You don't have to do anything, but you have to, as they said on The Simpson once, maintain yourself in a state of catleg readiness in case something happens.

Hard Fork
Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

There was a time I was using my autopilot.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

I was traveling in a part of my town I didn't know very well,

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

And it wanted to take me down a private road, which was sealed off by a chain hung between two posts.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

And it took me at it at full speed.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

And I was curious, so I was willing to wait to see how close it would get.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

I broke before it did.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

I had to slam on the brakes before we hit the chain, but it was a near-run thing.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

Well, they are operating in Austin right now.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

And they have been operating in Austin for more than half a year now.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

And we have some safety data.

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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

And it is how you feel about what Tesla's reporting has been will depend on what standards you're holding it to.