Prof. Anima Anandkumar

I completely agree. It is irresponsible of Musk to distort #ai progress. That has led to multiple fatalities. I would not sit in a driverless car today. The world has a long tail. Lots of failure modes. We need regulation. We need testing.https://twitter.com/Captsully/status/1154553807658999808 …

I mostly agree, but human drivers are pretty terrible too so you don’t have to go too far down the long tail to be safer than the average person...

We have an intuitive understanding how humans make mistakes but not for #ai. Too many failure modes. Lack of calibration. Lack of testing. Tesla ran straight into a concrete block. It hit a white trailer. it's dangerous for this reason. @Captsully

In general I agree with Musk's optimism about AI progress but categorizing Tesla as a not a safe car is wrong. Tesla Model 3 is the safest car ever tested by both NHTSA and euro NCAP that included active safety features like forward collision breaking for pedestrians.

Overall, Tesla is probably safest car on the road. Different companies have different strategies to achieve L4/5 in self driving. Tesla's aim is to gradually go from L2 to L5. They ask drivers to pay attention and monitor if they have hands on their wheels regularly.

I drive my car in Autopilot almost every day. A lot of times I have to disengage Autopilot because it is driving too conservative for me like waiting for a big enough gap and giving too much time after turn signals are switched on for automatic lane changes.