Eldorado Posted January 13, 2021 #1 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) Social media users were left agape after seeing a creepy video showing a Tesla driver monitoring system detecting what many users called a ghost. The footage begins with the driver moving near a cemetery, where there is not a living soul (pun intended). However, the driver monitoring system showed that there was a person to the right… who was moving. The "ghost" continued to appear on the screen as the car slowly moved forward. Full monty at Sputnik: Link Edited January 13, 2021 by Eldorado 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted January 13, 2021 #2 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I don't know anything about the tec, as in how the sensor system works. But that looks like a glitch rather than a ghost. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 13, 2021 #3 Share Posted January 13, 2021 So, basically..... Malevolent and/or extremely bored spirits could materialize in front of a self-driving car, and bring it to a screeching halt! Why wasn't this considered when the cars were in development? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted January 13, 2021 #4 Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, rashore said: I don't know anything about the tec, as in how the sensor system works. But that looks like a glitch rather than a ghost. Not to mention the user did not move the camera to the spot the "person" was detected until after it disappeared from the screen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papageorge1 Posted January 13, 2021 #5 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) I believe in ghosts so it is a possibility that it is a ghost. The detection system may be more sensitive than the naked eye. I have seen equipment used by ghost investigators that seem to capture entities we can't see. I believe we have seen photographs pick up ghosts not seen by the naked eye. Can't say it isn't a 'normal' software glitch either. But such a glaring obvious error at this stage of the software's life cycle does seem odd. This was a pretty straightforward looking scene to the naked eye. Related thought: I just can't imagine these things being allowed to drive alone on real streets! 'I Brake For Ghosts' may not be so humorous when it causes a real accident. Edited January 13, 2021 by papageorge1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted January 13, 2021 #6 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) Anytime you think there could be a computer glitch, it's very safe to assume it was exactly that. They happen constantly. Self driving software is nowhere near perfect and it hopefully errors on the side of sensing a person rather than NOT seeing a person. Edited January 13, 2021 by moonman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted January 13, 2021 #7 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Dug around a bit... it seems to be a glitch, and a known one amongst Tesla owners. Car cameras picking up stuff and/or artifacts showing up... From 2016: Is Tesla’s Autopilot Seeing Ghosts?: https://www.thedrive.com/news/4670/is-teslas-autopilot-seeing-ghosts From 2019: Tesla Autopilot Errors or Ghosts: https://agassitesla.yungacraft.com/2019/02/16/tesla-cameras-ghosts-or-machine-learning-errors/ And from the Tesla forums of folks discussing this problem... From 2019: Sixth Sense - My car sees dead people: https://forums.tesla.com/discussion/162917/sixth-sense-my-car-sees-dead-people From 2019: Ghost avoidance?: https://forums.tesla.com/discussion/163070/ghost-avoidance Seems like the cars not only see human ghosts, but also car and bicycle ghosts. Which leaves me torn about the OP video- either the Tesla owner is unaware of these sorts of glitches and didn't bother looking it up... or they know about the glitching and filmed one for entertainment. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccr8 Posted January 13, 2021 #8 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I have been using Otto pilot for years and never had this problem I just sit in the back seat and Otto takes me anywhere I want to go although I do have problems with his accent at times. jmccr8 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchopwn Posted January 15, 2021 #9 Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 1/13/2021 at 11:46 PM, Eldorado said: Social media users were left agape after seeing a creepy video showing a Tesla driver monitoring system detecting what many users called a ghost. The footage begins with the driver moving near a cemetery, where there is not a living soul (pun intended). However, the driver monitoring system showed that there was a person to the right… who was moving. The "ghost" continued to appear on the screen as the car slowly moved forward. Full monty at Sputnik: Link I have this all figured out. The cemetery still has random pokemons left roaming the area from when Pokemon Go was big. It's not a ghost, it's yet another Pidgie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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