A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well.
A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well.
A YouTuber's finger was left shaking and dented after he tested out if the Tesla Cybertruck update actually makes the frunk safer.
Judkins said that after the finger test, a lead cybertruck engineer at Tesla said he did the video wrong.
The engineer told him the frunk increases in pressure every single time it closes and detects resistance, Judkins said. It's going to assume you want to close the frunk and maybe something like a bag is getting in the way, which would make it close harder.
Are you kidding me? You did the test wrong on a safety critical feature? No you dumbass engineer, you designed it wrong. Why in the holy fuck would you make a safety critical algorithm keep applying more pressure on subsequent attempts??? That's literally the opposite of what you do for safety.
The engineer told him the frunk increases in pressure every single time it closes and detects resistance, Judkins said. It’s going to assume you want to close the frunk and maybe something like a bag is getting in the way, which would make it close harder.
What the fuck kind of idiots are leading things over there? "Something's in the way. Better crush it!" What a bunch of morons putting everyone in danger.
Why the hell would it close harder if there is something in the way? That's not the correct behavior for a lid, that's the correct behavior for powered shears.
Tesla Cyber Truk* *includes free shears with every purchase
Maybe because they want the degradation of some mechanism to be less noticeable over time. And because they're dumb.
Never tried to force the closing of your trunk lid because there is a bag that is slightly over the limit and you need a little more pressure, even if the bag is a little pressed down ?
The assumption here is that if it is your finger which is in the way, you take it out the way and you are not that stupid to try to close it again if for some reason you are not able move it away, which to me seems to make a lot of sense.
I wonder if the guy that designed autopilot had the same idea. "So when the car detects resistance up ahead in the form of a crowd or wall, it will accelerate to make sure it goes through!"
We deliberately made it fail critical. It's your fault for expecting fail safe!
I know I'm old school and all that, but why do people want to pay for automatically closing doors of any kind? Automatic opening of cargo spaces I get, if you have your bags full of hands or whatever, but once you put the stuff in there... Seem like such an incredibly unnecessary and costly feature, that also have a high chance of failing in the future. I don't get it.
Wow-effect and nobody gets punished if it goes left.
It strikes me as exactly the kind of engineering call that Elon has tended to make, time after time. With zero training in an area, he gets a solution in his head crufted up from some set of pre-existing notions or points of view and then pushes to have them implemented. He will also go on to fire anyone who disagrees with him. I spoke with an engineer who worked on the gull wing doors, which the team had objected to, and not only did he force them through, he burst in on one of the finalization meetings where they had finally reached a design consensus and insisted they change the hinge. Given similar reports on his behavior regarding other products (including especially twitter), I have no reason to disbelieve this person.
Lols. Tesla logic.
Must... break... finger... push mooooaaaa. ~Tesla
5 year old me after it bounces back from my finger I accidentally put there- agaaaain! agaaain!
And the stupidest of all car owners is not smarter than a 5y old kid.
The customer is always wrong.
Safety critical? I'd rather have a trunk I can get to close than one I can stick my finger into four times in a row without pinching it. What do you think happens when you slam down a normal trunk on someone's finger?
Hey, @Killing_Spark, found a member of the Tesla software safety team!
Feel like this could have been demonstrated with a hot dog
Or a chicken drumstick for somewhat similar bone strength.
He did demonstrate it that way, specifically with a carrot. And it somewhat worked. The problem is they programmed it to do more and more pressure every time it fails meaning that doing the carrot first actually caused a safety issue. He only moved onto his finger because the safety feature seemed to be working.
Penis, got it!
No, it has to be something bigger than the panel gap
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He tested it with multiple similar objects.
Then he wouldn't get nearly as many views. Or have articles written about him
Or a penis.
Wouldn't get so many YouTube views right...
There's plenty of dumb to go around, but the word frunk by itself is the dumbest thing about this story.
I figured that was a fucking typo at first
A frunking typo
Because it's obviously a froot, right?
So much dumb I’m inspired to re-write old song lyrics, like:
What they dunna goo with all that junk All that junk in side that FRUNK
or
My trunks / fore bunks / My stupid cyber FRUNKS
Don't kink shame. There is nothing wrong with 'frunking'. Come closer, I'll get the lube.
So a hood. Or a bonnet.
Man youtubers are dumb as hell. Use a stick or something
I think hot dogs are good test subjects
We live in an age where the notion of "thinking something through before doing it", also known as "common sense" has been replaced with the need to get it out there onto the internet as fast as possible before someone else beats you to it. The need for social gratification on the internet beats the need for self-preservation.
The first time I recall realizing this what when another YouTube dipship picked up a Portuguese Man-o-war and people got pissy when it was pointed out how lucky he was to not have been stung and how it was sheer dumb luck that he was still alive
People defended him saying "He didn't know it was dangerous, he didn't know what it was..." And that's the whole fucking point... We used to live in a society were people were smart enough to not touch shit that they don't know if it's dangerous or not. The concept of erring on the side of caution is now abandoned because of stupidity and social media credits.
Its the same wirh Being First To Market.
But in the financial world your failed risk hurts more than your family.
A Tesla engineer said the test was done wrong because the frunk increases in pressure every time.
"You are holding it wrong!" 🤣
Of course it just keeps hitting harder when things are in the way.
Literally Tesla's response
He did the test wrong because he's experimenting with "safety" algorithms that the manufacturer has provided little-to-no documentation on and is having to come up with answers on his own. Maybe he wouldn't be "doing it wrong" if Tesla hadn't over-engineered every aspect of their piece of shit truck in the first place. This thing is a solution in search of a problem, and it'll chop your fingers off until it finds it.
This thing is a solution in search of a problem
Most general question, what is the main purpose of this car? Why should people buy it?
It is a tank.
Steel walls for rich guys who want to protect their asses from masses of poor people around.
What should the door of your tank do if you want to close it, but some bonehead does not move his fingers out, repeatedly?
Now hurry, finally! This rich guy wants to get away from here! BAM!!
If it increases in pressure every time, I’m now curious how many times you need to close the trunk to cut a finger off
That was very nearly my exact same thought. Maybe not for curious children with carrot-sized fingers, but for adults, how convenient! Business competitor's body won't quite fit in your fancy frunk? Just while away on your phone for about 10 minutes, let the cat do its magic, and off go the legs! Travel-sized!
He forgot to turn on Finger Safe Mode™️ before closing the trunk
But this feature requires an extra monthly subscription, that wasn't included with the package of the YouTubers
Well to be fair, that functionality is a pretty pricey add-on.
They're gonna add this in and call it "Jeremy mode", just like the existing Joe Mode
That's why Apple gave up on designing a car. All of the potential customer base has already been captured by Tesla.
Judkins said that after the finger test, a lead cybertruck engineer at Tesla said he did the video wrong.
lmao
Well apparently it's programmed to bypass the safety system after 3 attempts under the assumption that the user knows best.
This seems like a really dumb choice, but I can see why an engineer would want to point out that it's not incompetent engineering but an incompetent business department.
Judkins said that after the finger test, a lead cybertruck engineer at Tesla said he did the video wrong.
Our truck doesn't work as advertised but that kids video skills are just shit.
-tesla rep
If you read the article, it's not a statement with entirely no merit.
The engineers prioritized an algorithm which is far more likely to be useful in real world scenarios where you keep trying to cram a bunch of stuff in the frunk and close it (who hasn't done this?) rather than the edge case of repeatedly testing it with vegetables until you stick your finger in it.
Anyway, I suppose it's back to the drawing board.
There should be no algorithm. It should be done by a human. There are no amount of lines of code I will ever make up for knowing intent and what the current situation is.
If it's going to be closed by software it needs to prioritize safety 100% of the time. If more pressure is needed and that pressure needs to come from a human.
I think an algorithm that sounds unprepared to deal with children is insufficient.
Youre constantly forcing your trunk closed? That doesn't sound normal to me actually, and sounds like the opposite of what I would want. Hello, groceries, important things, stuff I don't want stolen so goes in the trunk?
That engineer was channeling Steve Jobs.
"... and if I were you, I would try not to make the same mistake again, mister".
You know what they say.. Don't stick your finger in crazy
Title: Idiot Cybertruck Owner.
That's all you need for the title.
I don't think you even need idiot, it's kinda redundant.
Saw a video of the other day of some guy that bought a cybertruck, and his review can basically be summarized as "it has a ton of issues, there's rust all over it, it's incredibly dangerous, definitely worth the $100,000"
Updated title: Most Cybertruck Owner Ever?
Bought it to begin with so his intelligence is suspect at the outset
What person with an automated cargo door closure mechanism has thought "stop protecting my stuff and just fucking close"?
I'll admit it annoys me when there's something in the way that keeps my door from latching and it reopens, but I'd rather have to clear the door and shut it manually than it force itself closed and jams the door or break my shit.
Its just like elevators, really. You put your hand in to stop the doors closing, they open again before touching your arm. Next time they close gently on your arm. Third time, the doors snap shut and the elevator ascends without further warning, resulting in traumatic amputation.
Wait what? Are there actually elevators "programmed" this way‽ (can this behavior even be changed in the controller?)
Because I have never "tested" this behavior per se (I mean you mostly want your elevator to move anyway so you ideally remove the obstruction the first time it didn't fully close...)
What person with an automated cargo door closure mechanism has thought “stop protecting my stuff and just fucking close”?
The same person that sometime need to force the door to close because even if his things are in the way, he know there will not be damages, just a bag a little more pressed. Or some more trashed trash you are taking to the landfill
I’ll admit it annoys me when there’s something in the way that keeps my door from latching and it reopens, but I’d rather have to clear the door and shut it manually than it force itself closed and jams the door or break my shit.
Which is what the system assume in this case. It stops 3 times, the 4th it suppose that the human know what he is doing.
Someone should tell this guy that hot dogs exist.
Well, he tried a carrot, cucumber, and banana before trying any body parts.
Can I get uhhhh 🅱️oneless finger
Or that they can get things like chicken feet that could help estimate force
The cybertruck is the dumbest tech product and that's after you compare it to the Vision Pro and AI pin
It could be a lot better if it were able to get through tough terrains like wet beach sand. Or if the body didn't rust after touching moisture. Or if it was able to survive a car wash.
Also it would have been neat if they had some automotive professionals working there to tell them that the accelerator pedal needs to come back up when your foot is off it.
Instead, we got...
Except Homer also runs the company.
A Tamagotchi has a better lifespan.
Just some minor flaws.... For a supposedly high end car. My old Subaru is better for off roading than it is.
Do we also have something like r/dontputyourdickinthat on lemmy?
that car looks like shit
yeah but look
likeat all the space you have in the trunk! almost two bags
This is live example of how IQ doesn’t correlate with „success” though who knows if this funny test would even correlate with what we mean when we think of intelligence in this example
Maybe the greed for views and fanboism wins over no matter the brains
The YouTuber started the video by closing the frunk on produce like a carrot, cucumber, and banana before the update was installed. The frunk chopped all of the produce when it was placed in the frunk.
...
The YouTuber then tried the same test with the update installed and was impressed with the improvement.
"With just a software update, the Tesla Cybertruck frunk is way safer," he said. "We witnessed it destroy a ton of vegetables, and then post-update did nothing."
He didn't do a finger until building confidence first. He also tried an arm and then his hand before finally trying his finger.
So not as crazy as the article made it out to be, and his finger wasn't seriously hurt either, but it hurt enough that he didn't want to try it again after getting info from the engineer about it getting stronger after each failed attempt.
The crazy part to me is that he tried a carrot and it didn't open for it. Yet he thought it was a good idea to try his finger which it about the same size.
At least he didn't try with a cylinder.
Now that's a reference
The cybertruck is an iq test.
An evolutionary trap
This is sad. The cybertruck is a deathtrap on wheels and somehow "money" got it to pass any "money" to safety tests is beyond me...
"Data sent to HQ. Thank you for your participation"
“Cave Johnson here. Fact: the key to any successful cooperative test is trust. And as our data clearly shows, humans, cannot be trusted. The solution? Robots!”
"An update: It turns out the robots learned how to lie and can no longer be trusted. They tried to take over the testing mainframe and I'll be damned if I let them get their hands on my equipment! So I sent in a couple of interns to take care of it. Go earn those recommendations! I told them.
"Anyway, it's back to humans. This time new and upgraded with our state-of-the-art Aperture brain chips. The boys out-did themselves this time, increases testing compliance by 150%! Let's see those humans just try to lie now!"
A man of culture, I see.
The worst part of the article is them using the term frunk unironically.
Are there any crashes already involving pedestrians? I really wonder how broken those pedestrians are after the hit. I think the chance to survive a hit from a Cybertruck is minimal.
And I am even surprised that it is allowed on your streets.
Murica, vehicles with sharp edges and assault rifles at walmart is where freedom is at.
To be fair, the survivability of being hit by any big US pickup is pretty small. Perhaps the cybertruck is even worse though.
Pickups are explicitly exempted from a lot of crash/pedestrian safety laws in the US (I think related to them being classed as commercial vehicles), despite every other car on the road there being a pickup.
It's going to assume you want to close the frunk and maybe something like a bag is getting in the way, which would make it close harder.
What's next? When you press the brake padel the car is going to assume that you want to slow down? Wow, that's some fantastic wisdom from Tesla!
By tesla's logic, it'll assume that you want to slow down, and will speed up to make you slow down faster
The harder you push the pedal the more you want your speed to decrease, obviously. But if you push it hard enough then the decrease from your current speed to Zero is no longer enough. So now the engineers need to decide if you'll speed up first, so the decrease from the new speed to zero is larger, or if it'll slam you into reverse instead.
Masterful gambit, sir.
I was just thinking "I feel like this meme was already made" lol
All things being equal, however, I'd rather they do the version more likely to remove themselves from the gene pool.
.....the frunk?
Front + trunk
This isn't the first EV to do this. It's not even the first Tesla to do it.
Just the tip to see how it feels bay bay
Oh no I saw a video where it chopped a carrot without stopping
I don’t have the courage to click the link….
THAT'S THIS!!!
He went through a bunch of vegetables and, admittedly, it was pretty impressive how it handled them. But then with no hesitation it took off the tip of the carrot and he still decided to try his finger
So that's incredibly stupid, lol if it crushes and cuts a carrot why couldn't do it with a finger
I get the idea automation, its great when it saves time and effort but when it represents a minuscule chance of chopping a limb off you it should never be implemented to the public.
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Well actually it sounds like it ended perfectly?
"frunk"ing frunk!
Seriously, did fhe same designer proofread fhis?
Front trunk. It's aggravating slang, but it's been in use for decades, well before Tesla.
Could combine it with UK terminology and call it a foot
Yeah, VW Beetles had froots before it was cool.
