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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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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 8 points 45 minutes ago

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!

[–] Teal@lemm.ee 4 points 46 minutes ago

Beep beep! Damn things are using ACME LiDAR!

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 minute ago

this is straight out of a looney tunes episode

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 29 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] amon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I wish all MAGAs a very DEI

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Mark Rober's video of the six tests (the remaining section is about mapping Space Mountain as Mark wanted to do since he was a kid)

The wall looking like a road test

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Absolutely hilarious.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 29 minutes ago

Well, I guess we know how to defeat Teslas.

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 18 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Was there a coyote or a roadrunner anywhere nearby?

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