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!

  • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    “if something almost does grievous bodily harm to you, we need more of it, keep playing those odds!”? that seems like a request for me to be harmed.

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      4 days ago

      Again, based on experience, and the data, if you were exposed to “grievous bodily harm” then it seems like you should change something.

      I don’t know you so I’m not going to suggest you’re making up how you feel about the situation but you definitely don’t sound like you’re expressing an accurate representation of reality.

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        3 days ago

        have you ever been hit by a car? maybe try it sometime before you talk about this shit, because you’re being really casual, and I cannot stress how unpleasant an experience it is.

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          1 day ago

          I have. I’ve also been hit by a bicyclist. And a scooter. What’s your point?

          Based on your interactions so far, I’m guessing you ride a bicycle, ignore stop signs and traffic lights, join in on those dumb bicycle caravans that block busses, and blame pedestrians for not look both ways before you rocket through a crosswalk.

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              1 day ago

              Lol. So, anecdotal evidence, statistics, and my lived experience doesn’t count but your obvious lies do.

              Yeah, I’m happy to see I saw your main character shitshow coming from a mile away.