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!

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Maybe I didn’t have sound, and that’s not the problem, the problem is the thumbnail for the video is clickbait, I don’t get why I have to repeat that so many times?
    I understand the joke of the analogy to cartoons, and it’s perfectly fine they make that in the video.

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      6 hours ago

      “And I still think it’s misleading. If they made the analogy in the video it would be different.”

      I was just responding to your own point, mate. Good news, it is in the video multiple times, even visually referenced multiple times. They even described as a cartoonish test while showing the cartoon wall gag. So, per your own words, should be good to go then, yeah? I mean, you’re arguing with yourself at this point.

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        By being different if it’s in the video, I’m just saying it’s OK to make the analogy WITH CONTEXT!
        How do you understand it otherwise? It obviously doesn’t change the fact that the thumbnail is clickbait either way.

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          5 hours ago

          Yeah, and they make the analogy with context. And the thumbnail references the analogy. And all of it is fully owned as cartoonish and the cartoon is referenced multiple times, even with visuals. So per your own thoughts, should be OK.