01-07-2016 01:25 via theverge.com

Tesla’s own Autopilot warnings outlined deadly crash scenario

Today's news that a Tesla driver was killed in early May while driving his Model S with Autopilot engaged will inevitably trigger a series of tough questions — many of which have already been posed — about whether semi-autonomous driving features are ready for prime time, and whether automakers should be putting safety-critical "beta" software into real customers' hands. For that matter, what does "beta" even mean in this context? Will a self-driving car ever be completely incap
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