i drive a atesla, and i put it on the self driving mode, only on the free way. And that's nice, cause you're in the left lane ptgin on elley free ways. But when i drive in the mountains, there's no way. Sometimes i put it on there just to see how it does, and it kind of freaks out around,. The car doesn't know had a differentiate between, you know, a rock and a duck, right? Or the or the trolley problem, the five people in the sidewalk versus theyou know, the rich old person who is going to die if you don't swerve.
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