First Person: Behind the wheel of a 'self-driving' Tesla
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2022
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
On today’s show, we discussed the ethics of autonomous vehicles and the recent incidents involving Tesla’s “full self-driving” beta software.
In a podcast special, we share what it's like behind the wheel when Tesla software is in action.
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| 0:20.9 | Hi there, on Point Podcast listeners. |
| 0:22.8 | It's Megna Chakrabardi. |
| 0:24.7 | On today's main show, we spent a lot of time talking about the ethics of autonomous |
| 0:29.9 | vehicles, specifically because of recent incidents involving Tesla's full self-driving |
| 0:36.1 | beta software, which by the way isn't actually fully autonomous. |
| 0:40.0 | It's just advanced driver assistance software. |
| 0:43.2 | And by the way, this show allowed me to truly rant on the radio for a while about how much I hate |
| 0:49.4 | bad driving in America. |
| 0:50.8 | But to hear that, you're going to have to listen to our full hour podcast. |
| 0:53.9 | And I really encourage that you do. |
| 0:55.6 | But for this little podcast special, we wanted to share with you what it's like to actually be |
| 1:01.2 | behind the wheel when Tesla's software is in action. |
| 1:05.2 | So we spoke with John Brinnell. |
| 1:07.1 | He's a former Tesla employee who helped train this beta software. |
| 1:11.6 | And he now drives a Tesla Model 3 long range. |
| 1:15.1 | John left the company in February. |
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