i think that, you know, right now we have the the luxury of saying, no car on the road is autonomous. And, and that's really easy. As soon as we start having level three vehicles on the market, then we have to be like, well, you know, there's these conditional autonomy vehicles," he says. "I mean, there already should be a sense of urgency, because people are dying"
Even as more misuse of driver assistance systems, and the subsequent crashes and deaths are reported we still see Autonowashing popping up everywhere. From Tesla to TikTok, and from Elon Musk to the mainstream media, people continue to ignore the tragic cost of overstating the capabilities of automated assistance systems. This week the gang discusses a few of the most recent examples, explores a misperception at the heart of some more innocent autonowashing, talks Elon Musk on SNL and pitches a few new ideas for future shows.