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Originally Posted by Griff
I love these things but my gut says be nervous about ubiquitous hackable electronics.
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Me too. Almost word for word.
I'm almost 50 and according to the rules, it's almost time for me to start fearing change and new technologies. And those teenagers over there.
Tesla is not Detroit. Tesla has smart people working there, so if anyone can pull this stuff off, it's them. But still. I'd like to be able to take control of my car if it starts behaving strangely.
We've discussed this when there were those sudden uncontrollable vehicle accelerations in the news a few years ago. Turns out the gas pedal and gear shift are no longer manually connected to the car. They are just switches and are only massive to make it feel like they are connected to something. But they are switches that connect to the computer. That Jeep that was hacked a couple years ago and shut down on the highway shows that Detroit doesn't really understand electronics and software. My cousin's fucking Ford won't start because the car doesn't recognise the chip in the key. A key that will open the doors and will turn in the ignition. (I still need to get that fixed.)
But Elon Musk is different. I'm hoping he is our savior. I know he values intelligence and innovation, and he's perfecting so many different new things. I hope Tesla can pull this off.