Well-known late-night talk show host James Corden may have accidentally spilled to millions of viewers how to hack a Tesla's autopilot system during a playful exchange with artist Reggie Watts, as reported first by Gizmodo.
Did Corden Spill His Guts?
Fully autonomous Teslas are a contentious topic, especially since they have a number of drawbacks, the most significant of which is that current self-driving cars can't actually drive themselves, according to Gizmodo.
James Corden addressed the issue during a monologue on The Late Late Show with James Corden after Elon Musk stated earlier this week that he planned to put software for fully autonomous Teslas on the road by the end of the year.
Corden brought up the headline and discussed how Reggie Watts, a former Tesla owner, had tricked his Tesla's autopilot into believing he was holding the steering wheel in his hands by using several weights.
"Because you've got to have your hands on the wheel, so what Reggie did was create a weight on both sides of the steering wheel so that the car thought that his hands were on it, and then he would just sit back like 'yeah'," he revealed on his late-night show.
Watts claimed that Tesla's autopilot feature had given drivers a false sense of security while driving, but Corden pointed out that drivers still need to keep their hands on the wheel if the car ever loses control.
Accidentally instructing millions of viewers on how to circumvent the rules intended to keep drivers safe may not be the best route for a talk show host like Corden. Hence, keeping one's hands on the steering wheel is still better just to be safe.
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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla
