Replied to https://rubyquartzglasses.me.uk/2026/02/4321/ by Phil Phil
Humans are terrible at sustained vigilance for rare events in high-volume streams. – https://mastodon.online/@pseudonym/116135917950981989

See also https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/former-uber-self-driving-chief-tesla-fsd-crash-supervision-problem/:

Tesla is asking humans to supervise a system that is specifically designed to make supervision feel pointless. As he puts it, an unreliable machine keeps you alert, and a perfect machine needs no oversight, but one that works almost perfectly creates a trap where drivers trust it just enough to stop paying attention.

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