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Dan O'Dowd
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Green Hills Software CEO and Founder of The Dawn Project. I am running a campaign to make computers safe for humanity and ban Tesla Full Self-Driving.
AutomotiveSanta Barbara, CA, USAdawnproject.comJoined May 2021

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Why is $TSLA plunging? : "Full Self-Driving...is the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money and being worth basically zero." Many competitors have driverless robotaxis but after 8 years of development FSD will still run down a child in a school crosswalk:
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"We would not release FSD beta if the safety statistics weren't good" Yes you absolutely would, you'd just lie about the "safety statistics" like you've been doing with Autopilot for literally years
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You know how I've been saying since 2016 that Tesla's comparison of raw Autopilot crash data to average human driver crash data is deceptive because it doesn't adjust for the safety of the operating domain (among other factors)? @NoahGoodall proved it! engrxiv.org/preprint/view/
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Watch this FSD Beta 10.69.3.1 try to run a red light even though it has registered it on its internal display, apparently for the fifth time! your defective software is not fit for testing on public roads and should be banned immediately.
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Watch this FSD Beta 10.69.25.1 fail to see an SUV reversing into its path, requiring the driver to take over and swerve to avoid a collision. your defective software is dangerous and should be banned from our public roads.
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NHTSA has released its findings, confirming the driver's claim that Tesla's Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD) system WAS engaged at the time of the crash and may have actually CAUSED the accident. Remember how Omar sits it couldn't have been FSD? Oops. $TSLAQ
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Read in full the Summary of Complaint in the bottom right corner - this is from a customer after using Full Self-Driving. , are you going to do anything about this, or just ignore it?
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Latest Tesla FSD Beta feedback from owner / complaint to NHTSA: “FSD is a deadly scam — my car is trying to kill me.” FSD Beta is a $15,000 option and remains deadly defective.
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MUSK personally directed the 2016 video that claimed FSD was driving the car autonomously - a false claim he made to stave off bankruptcy. It was the FSD/robotaxi fervour that duped customers into buying M3s that kept Tesla afloat. This is fraud.
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It’s one year since The Dawn Project launched its campaign to Make Computers Safe for Humanity, starting with highlighting the dangers of Full Self-Driving. Let’s take a look at how much has changed since our campaign started:
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Watch this FSD Beta 10.69.25.1 nearly T-bone a truck at speed, forcing the driver to slam on the brakes! the use of your defective software on our roads is a danger to the American public's safety. must act!
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Just speaking candidly, the government bears heavy responsibility for this Tesla FSD mess too. We knew automated driver systems were coming. We could have set a regulatory pathway for automakers. Instead, we did nothing - and forced anyone entering the space to risk lawsuits.
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It was known in 2016 that Musk faked this video: 1. Tesla logged zero self driving miles with the California regulator 2. Locals reported the film crew doing numerous takes 3. It was (and still is) well established that Teslas cannot reliably navigate complex traffic
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A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities that the system did not have. A senior Tesla engineer said Tesla’s Autopilot team set out to engineer and record a demonstration at Musk's request reut.rs/3watvow
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Watch this FSD 10.69.25.1 make a dangerous unprotected left turn, forcing the driver to takeover: "It almost went right into that truck!" your supporters adding fake images of me to FSD fail videos will not stop me tweeting them!
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Watch this #FSD 10.69.25.1 attempt to drive on the wrong side of the road: "No no no no no no no!" your defective software is a danger to the American public - how do your cars not know which side of the road to drive on?
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I don't know if I can put into words how terrible this is, but I'll try. This quote is from a deposition of Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's Head of Autopilot Software relating to the 2018 fatal Autopilot crash of Walter Huang. He doesnt know what an Operational Design Domain (ODD) is.
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Watch this FSD Beta 10.69.25.1 try and swerve into the side of a passing car, forcing the driver to grab the wheel and turn right to avoid a collision! did you even bother to test your dangerous software before releasing it to Canada?
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If Tesla’s self-driving tech can’t handle obstruction-free multi-lane highways how on Earth will it cope with more complex scenarios? Pedestrians, cyclists *and drivers* should not be put at risk by such tech.
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I obtained surveillance footage of the self-driving Tesla that abruptly stopped on the Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash that injured 9 people including a 2 yr old child just hours after Musk announced the self-driving feature. Full story: theintercept.com/2023/01/10/tes
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A tweet from Elon Musk indicating that Tesla might allow some owners testing a “Full Self-Driving” system to disable an alert that reminds them to keep their hands on the steering wheel has drawn attention from U.S. safety regulators.
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Watch this Beta 10.69.25.1 try to pull out into fast moving traffic, forcing the driver to slam on the brakes: "That was pretty bad actually." your dangerous software puts lives at risk and should be banned from our public roads.
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