Driver, 87, dies after Tesla on Autopilot mode crashes into pond

thinkcontext 16 points 7 comments May 30, 2026
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binaryturtle

And so it starts… modern robot machinery wiping out all humans? And for now they make it look like random accidents? Sci-fi aside: We probably will see a slow but very steady increase of such events in the coming years with more unnecessary automation applied everywhere.

48terry

I was assured last week that things like this are fine and we should be responsible adults by settling for "good enough" when it comes to self-driving cars. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226864

lousclues

I'm cool with letting human beings stay in charge of operating motor vehicles.

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