Why is this so cringey?

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https://twitter.com/TaylorOgan/status/1556991029814886404

The reason that this is so cringey (besides the obvious) is that due to #autonowashing and other factors, many people wrongly believe that L2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems are capable of reliably detecting stationary objects. They are not.

This might be one of the most important articles ever written about #autonowashing.

Please read, especially if you have doubted the relevance of this problem.

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cleantechnica.com/2021/05/09/tha… via @JenniferSensiba $TSLA Autonowashing is a concern for us all, because its consequences have the potential to effect us all.

Those who want to see driving automation advance & succeed—especially, and no matter what companies you root for—have an interest in speaking out against this issue.

HBD, #autonowashing! 🥳

One year ago today, "Autonowashing: The Greenwashing of Vehicle Automation” was published.

What is it?
What’s the objective?
What does it look like?
What are its effects?
Why did I do this?
Has it made a difference?

A thread 🧵

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Autonowashing makes a system appear to be more autonomous than it really is.

It is a misrepresentation of the appropriate level of human interaction required to operate a system safely.

This word is currently most often used in association with partial (L2) driving automation.

You've probably heard about the new documentary on Netflix, @seaspiracy, which is about the environmental impacts of commercial fishing.

I am going to watch it now and tweet some highlights. This is going to be important.

a thread 🧵 The oceans are home to up to 80% of *all life* on earth.

The vast majority of the ocean remains unexplored 😯

un.org/en/conferences…

.@EuroNCAP has announced its new Assisted Driving Grading system which takes a holistic approach to sys evaluation by including "Driver Engagement" in its rating, to "help consumers" &to "compare assistance performance @ the highest level."

euroncap.com/en/press-media… ht @sascha_p This is a win for human-automation interaction/HMI researchers who have been working for decades to explain how important teaming is and the consequences of broken control loops.

This is a win against #autonowashing, and ultimately a big win for consumer transparency & safety!

Self-driving is hard.

We have different ideas about how to “solve” for L5, and various teams are all taking shots at it. In recent years, two schools of thought have emerged about how to approach solving this problem.

🧵👇 For some it is either:

1) a fundamental AI problem which needs a new approach
2) a data problem, which can be solved by more data & more simulation

As someone living through this pandemic who happens to study trust, human vigilance & behavior––it's entirely unsurprising that we're unable to maintain adequate COVID19 prevention measures. It's Psych 101 and it is why it's so important to have policies to help keep us in line. It's the same with other safety-critical things (ex. vehicle automation); we need bounding boxes to keep us safe.

Human vigilance is like a muscle, but instead of getting stronger with use (+ as long as nothing bad happens) it weakens over time.

Attending @AutomotiveUI today & tomorrow 🚘🤓

This is an academic, @TheOfficialACM conference focused on interfaces and interactions in automotive applications. As you can imagine, a great focus is placed on vehicle automation

I will thread my insights here 👇 #AutoUI2020 "Investigating the Effect of Tactile Input & Output Locations for Drivers' Hands on In-car Tasks Performance" Dong-Bach Vo, @SABrewster

💡The L-hand is more sensitive to tactile feedback in R-handed ppl, &steering wheel interaction > center console @ <mental workload #AutoUI2020

Crab Mode?? I love it. 🦀

eu.freep.com/story/money/ca… 1927, half crab mode

We’ve decided that COVID19 is a disaster for the U.S. education system. But what if it was one of the best things that’s ever happened to it? The U.S. education system has been criticized for decades now. Studies comparing students across subjects with international peers show the U.S. lagging behind. The current system was setup to serve the needs of the past. We know we need reform for the digital & automation eras.

Human-Machine Interaction in vehicle automation requires a reframing of "culturally specific ideas of freedom identity, autonomy, independence and, last but not least, gender which are linked to conventional, [manual] driving."

Enter: The Disenfranchisement Narrative 👇 "Hands-free driving

Cars that park themselves

An unmanned car driven by a search engine company

We have seen that movie

It ends with robots harvesting our bodies for energy.

This is the all-new 2011 Dodge Charger

Leader of the human resistance."

ICYMI: @LADOTofficial's General Manager, @seletajewel, discusses autonowashing on The Future of Autonomous Vehicles with @JoannMuller (@ 32:15)

axios.com/axios-event-fu… via @axios #AxiosEvents Autonowashing makes something appear to be more autonomous that it really is.

Here, Seleta Reynolds refers to #autonowashing as a general hype + unmet promises of the entire self-driving industry

And it's true––this is autonowashing, too. This is the effect it has @ scale.

🇩🇪 playground design is v interesting from a 🇺🇸 perspective.

Our playgrounds are full of primary colors & designed to be lawsuit proof (i.e. rounded corners, softer materials) whereas playgrounds here often have an air of danger, by means of shape, material, color &/or scale This slide reminds me of a sacrificial mound in a horror movie I once saw but can't recall the name of 😅

Exploring my new city 🇩🇪✨ 💐h🌻e🌷l🌹l🌼o🌺

Thread. Details surrounding this accident aren’t clear (i.e. was Autopilot active? Driver healthy?), but this is a familiar accident scenario for AP

AP is not equipped to detect stationary objects...imagine calling a system that lacks this “Full Self-Driving” 🥴 #autonowashing

https://twitter.com/jsin86524368/status/1267304975069261824

I believe this is Chinese and confirming that AP was active. Can anyone translate to be sure?

國道警察初步瞭解，特斯拉車主表示有開啟車輛輔助功能，但發現前方有貨車時已來不及而撞上

via news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/b…

An ongoing thread of peak 2020

👇 Receiving holy water blessings 🔫

A thing you probably don't make but should: Roasted Garlic

- head of garlic, peel most of the outer skin off
- turn it on its side & cut the stem, & a bit of the clove tips off
- wrap in foil

400F for ~45mins

Dips, sauces, spreads, etc. Deepens the flavor 😛 And this! Forgot to mention this part

https://twitter.com/Rochelle/status/1260950536762712064?s=20

A testament to readiness, from a user of Tesla's "FSD" Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control (Beta):

"I think Tesla should differentiate between Beta and software that is just being introduced and trained."

A number of v concerning observations here 👇

reddit.com/r/teslamotors/… “...quite dangerous in traffic as the software seems extremely conservative, applying brakes in many cases, especially in complex intersections.“

“There's one intersection that I always drive through where it wants to change lanes.”

"There’s a breed of @Tesla superfans who believe that the company can do no wrong, and they attack anyone who says anything that can be perceived as negative about the company. They also spread misinformation about Tesla, like the shorts."

electrek.co/2020/05/12/tes… "What we have here is a tribal thinking problem where people are loyal to their social group above all else to the point of disregarding the facts."

- @FredericLambert, on the toxic nature of Tesla superfans, or as I call them, Tesla bots

A pastime: Browsing electric cars for sale in Europe

Thread 👇 2007 @Maserati_HQ Elektrus

€ 250,000.- // 10,000km

autoscout24.com/offers/others-…

Everyone agrees we need to reopen. The questions are:

Q: When?
A: When we can manage R0.

Q: How do we manage R0?
A: Open hospital space & PPE, large underutilized testing capacity, mask req., social distancing, etc

Q: How do we know that works?
A: Australia, South Korea, etc Reopening is not really open for debate when we know criteria for it exist––it's practically binary: Do we meet the criteria to manage R0? Y/N

For ex: See "Key metrics to relax restrictions" via Australia's National Cabinet

pm.gov.au/media/update-c…