{"id":12824,"date":"2022-08-21T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/21\/youtube-removes-video-that-tests-teslas-full-self-driving-beta-against-real-kids\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T14:50:19","slug":"youtube-removes-video-that-tests-teslas-full-self-driving-beta-against-real-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/21\/youtube-removes-video-that-tests-teslas-full-self-driving-beta-against-real-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube removes video that tests Tesla\u2019s Full Self-Driving beta against real kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/20\/23314117\/youtube-tesla-removes-video-full-self-driving-beta-real-kids<\/a>
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YouTube has removed a video that shows Tesla drivers carrying out their own safety tests to determine whether the EV\u2019s (electric vehicle) Full Self-Driving (FSD) capabilities would make it automatically stop for children walking across or standing in the road, as first reported by CNBC<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The video<\/a>, titled \u201cDoes Tesla Full-Self Driving Beta really run over kids?\u201d was originally posted on Whole Mars Catalog\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> and involves Tesla owner and investor, Tad Park, testing Tesla\u2019s FSD feature with his own kids. During the video, Park drives a Tesla Model 3 toward one of his children standing in the road, and then tries again with his other kid crossing the street. The vehicle stops before reaching the children both times.<\/p>\n

As outlined on its support page<\/a>, YouTube has specific rules against content that \u201cendangers the emotional and physical well-being of minors,\u201d including \u201c dangerous stunts, dares, or pranks.\u201d YouTube spokesperson Ivy Choi told The Verge<\/em> that the video violated its policies against harmful and dangerous content<\/a>, and that the platform \u201cdoesn\u2019t allow content showing a minor participating in dangerous activities or encouraging minors to do dangerous activities.\u201d Choi says YouTube decided to remove the video as a result.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve tried FSD beta before, and I\u2019d trust my kids\u2019 life with them,\u201d Park says during the now-removed video. \u201cSo I\u2019m very confident that it\u2019s going to detect my kids, and I\u2019m also in control of the wheel so I can brake at any time,\u201d Park told CNBC that the car was never traveling more than eight miles an hour, and \u201cmade sure the car recognized the kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of August 18th, the video had over 60,000 views on YouTube. The video was also posted to Twitter and still remains available to watch. The Verge<\/em> reached out to Twitter to see if it has any plans to take it down but didn\u2019t immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

The crazy idea to test FSD with real \u2014 living and breathing \u2014 children <\/em>emerged after a video<\/a> and ad campaign<\/a> posted to Twitter showed Tesla vehicles seemingly failing to detect and colliding with child-sized dummies placed in front of the vehicle. Tesla fans weren\u2019t buying it, sparking a debate about the limitations of the feature on Twitter. Whole Mars Catalog, an EV-driven Twitter and YouTube channel run by Tesla investor Omar Qazi, later hinted at creating a video<\/a> involving real children in an attempt to prove the original results wrong.<\/p>\n