I just got off the phone with a technology reporter for a major newspaper, where I was asked about the risks of facial recognition. That’s a deep topic, since crime using faces (deepfakes, impersonation) can apply to almost anything (fraud/theft, racism, classicism). However, I ended the call by warning about even broader risks in recognition … Continue reading Tesla Safety Fail: “Full Self Driving” Can’t Read Even Basic Traffic Signals →

Here’s the buried bombshell lede in the latest safety news about childish milquetoast fiddling that Tesla still tries to pass off as engineering. Phil Koopman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who studies automated driving safety, said the letter shows that the recall did little to solve problems with Autopilot and was an attempt to … Continue reading “Tesla tried to do the least possible [safety] remedy to see [how many deaths] they could get away with” →

Elon Musk, frequently referred to as the welfare king who takes billion dollar handouts on broken promises, just made an abrupt desperate plea to the Chinese government to keep Tesla out of bankruptcy. Failures in management at every level in the company are coming to roost with missed deadlines, collapsing sales, product quality decline, broken … Continue reading Tesla Robots Compromised: Chinese Government Strikes Deal as a Death Spiral of Safety Failures Kills Car Sales →