Tesla owners said they were impressed how quickly the company responded. Tesla fan attacks on government's new safety advisor are 'calculated,' says head of safety agency. The software is inconsistent at best, according to interviews with owners of Tesla with "full self-driving," as well as a review of more than 50 videos posted on social media by members of the public who have been using versions of it since it was rolled out to about 1, owners in early October.
The videos are believed to be authentic because of the presence of details typical of "full self-driving" use, the complexity of manipulating such a video and the social media histories of the video creators, who are generally Tesla enthusiasts.
Tesla did not dispute the authenticity of the videos. Read More. Tesla's "full self-driving" may excel in one scenario one day but fail the next. Turn signals go on and off randomly at times. Sometimes it brakes unexpectedly , even when the road ahead appears clear to drivers. Teslas in "full self-driving" mode sometimes plot a course directly into other fixed objects, including poles and rocks , videos appear to show.
The technology has also shined at times, however, in one case identifying a cyclist ahead even before the human driver reported seeing the person. And drivers say the technology is generally improving. Sometimes it might make a mistake, like, 'no grandma, that's a one-way, sorry.
Tesla owners using "full self-driving" have posted YouTube videos detailing how the software works, including its limitations. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment and generally does not engage with the professional news media. It warns drivers that the technology "may do the wrong thing at the worst time, so you must always keep your hands on the wheel and pay extra attention to the road.
Some Tesla drivers say they're concerned the feature's inconsistent behavior is sometimes annoying and rude for other drivers. Videos posted online show it's common for cars in "full self-driving" to drive down the middle of unmarked residential streets, in no apparent rush to move over for traffic coming towards it. Tesla's 'full self-driving' rolls back its privacy protection of trip videos. The cars also appear to befuddle drivers in other situations, such as being slow to take its turn at a four-way stop.
We're sorry! We just pissed off about 12 people right there. In at least one case, it's appeared to jump in front of a waiting driver at a four-way stop. In another video a Tesla using "full self-driving" attempted to pull around a vehicle in front of it that was waiting its turn at a four-way stop.
The technology seems to be confused by Chicago's practice of sometimes placing stop signs where drivers should stop and also at the far side of the intersection. Teslas with "full self-driving" often stop farther behind stop signs than typical drivers, drawing criticism from their owners. The cars then slowly creep up to make their turn, and then accelerate quickly once it's made a turn onto high-speed roads.
Many drivers love the acceleration. But the test also signals how YouTube sees TikTok, and the broader shift to short-form videos, as a potential threat to its business. This summer, for example, TikTok officially extended the maximum video length to 3 minutes , up from 60 seconds.
But simply incentivizing the creative community may not be enough to give YouTube an edge. Social media is built for individual self-expression. Platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Twitter — and even the portrait orientation of a smartphone screen — give an advantage to single voices and faces while making group celebrity less legible.
Even within indie-rock, the most band-friendly genre apart from metal, the cult of the individual is stronger than ever, which has the advantage of enabling more women to rise to the fore. Perhaps, too, there is less of an appetite for the interpersonal drama of a group. On one level, every band is a psychological experiment in which disparate personalities are crammed into close proximity and thrust into the spotlight.
The great tea-spilling, click-attracting feuds in modern pop are between solo artists, not within bands. There can also be sub-group projects that offer something different. The group format is viewed as more dynamic because there is simply more to do and show compared to a solo artist.
Gen Z has many choices and demands on their time compared with those of a teenager five years ago. Pop groups need to be very relatable. Takhar assembled Boys World through a more organic process than the old Syco model, giving existing members a role in recruiting new ones.
They have grown up on social media and are very comfortable using it on their own terms. They are in control. The age of the svengali is over. The challenge posed by all pop cultural trends is to work out whether or not it is a permanent structural shift or just another phase.
The right group at the right time, whether it is the Strokes or the Spice Girls, can change everything. In the short term, the pandemic has made it impossible for new bands to form and threatens the survival of the regional venue circuit on which they depend, while Brexit has thrown up expensive new obstacles for touring bands.
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