Tesla's Autopilot Chief Keller Steps Down After Two Years
I think the brunt of the &quot;Tesla Autopilot Deaths&quot; problem is not the tech, but the marketing department (which has to include Elon Musk of course). This &quot;kind of autonomous driving&quot; is absolutely deadly, by definition. It&#x27;s never going to work well. &quot;The car will drive by itself, until it can&#x27;t. So don&#x27;t pay any attention, until you need to save your own life. We&#x27;ll give you 2 seconds warning&quot;. I mean, really? I don&#x27;t know why Tesla could possibly think this is a good idea. By extension, anyone who actually uses or trusts autopilot is basically forfeiting their life. I think it is cognitively harder to use autopilot and pay attention, than to simply drive safely.<p>As far as the tech goes, I am in agreement with Elon. I think LiDAR is a short term advantage, but the companies&#x2F;stacks depending on LiDAR will reach a local maximum from which they won&#x27;t recover without totally starting again from scratch. LiDAR is short range, low resolution, and extremely expensive. There is no reason that visible light (+ IR) CMOS cameras can&#x27;t do better by an order of magnitude, at a lower cost.