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Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] amon@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I wish all MAGAs a very DEI

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[–] jewbies@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 20 hours ago

That's some Wiley Coyote shit if I ever saw it.

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 97 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Who was the idiot that removed LiDar to cut costs?

/s

[–] bobslaede@feddit.dk 46 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Elon removed the radar. Tesla cars never had lidar. What an idiot Musk.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He did say lidar was "useless" though.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 17 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

He's said humans don't use LiDAR so his cars shouldn't have to. Of course humans have a brain, and he's cars don't, but you can't tell him anything.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He also said the government doesn't use sql.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 33 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

There's a very simple solution to autonomous driving vehicles plowing into walls, cars, or people:

Congress will pass a law that makes NOBODY liable -- as long as a human wasn't involved in the decision making process during the incident.

This will be backed by car makers, software providers, and insurance companies, who will lobby hard for it. After all, no SINGLE person or company made the decision to swerve into oncoming traffic. Surely they can't be held liable. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Once that happens, Level 4 driving will come standard and likely be the default mode on most cars. Best of luck everyone else!

[–] Glent@lemmy.ca 14 points 22 hours ago

These same laws will be grandfathered in for ai. This way your health insurance companies computer can murder you by denying care and nobody can be held civilly or criminally liable.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 95 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (33 children)

This is a very good test, and the car should have past. That said though, I hate the click bait format where they show a stupidly obvious cartoonish wall, when the real wall is way more convincing.

The Video:

That sort of clickbait is 100% sure to get a "do not recommend channel" from me, I'm so sick of it. And it's sad when the video has such a good point.

The Clickbait

I can see it's kind of funny, but it's misleading.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago (8 children)

YouTubers - especially large channels like this - constantly A/B test with different thumbnails and stick with whatever one drives the most traffic (no pun intended) to the video.

You might not like it, but it’s unfortunately the reality of operating a content creation business on an algorithm-driven platform.

There are plenty of channels I follow that make fantastic videos, but sometimes you have to tolerate the shitty thumbnails because that’s just the reality of the system they’re operating within.

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[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (24 children)

You realize Mark Robers target audience is like 8 years old, right? He also references looney tunes and wile e coyote a couple dozen times, including in this thumbnail you're losing your mind over. The thumbnail fits the theme very well if you ask me.

This video isn't a rigorous scientific test. This is a children's video designed to get them interested in the scientific method. Get over yourself.

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[–] Maestro@fedia.io 48 points 1 day ago (22 children)

Have you heard of DeArrow? https://dearrow.ajay.app/

It's a browser extension that replaces clickbait thumbnails with good community sourced ones

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[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 147 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (19 children)

The actual wall is way more convincing though.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (5 children)

still, this should be something the car ought to take into account. What if there's a glass in the way?

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[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 107 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I read something a while back from a guy while wearing a T-shirt with a stop sign on it, a couple robotaxies stopped in front of him. It got me thinking you could cause some chaos walking around with a speed limit 65 shirt.

[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 47 points 1 day ago

I think one of my favorite examples was using simple salt to trap them within the confines of white lines that they didn't think they could cross over. I really appreciate the imagery of using salt circles to entrap the robotic demons ...

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Teslas did this in the past. There was also the issue of thinking that the moon was a red light or something.

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 76 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And that's what you get for cheaping out on tech and going with cameras over lidar. Not only that, but Tesla removed all the radar technology that literally every car uses for collision detection about a year ago.

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[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was there a coyote or a roadrunner anywhere nearby?

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago
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