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!

  • Possibly linux
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    9 hours ago

    Are you sure though?

    If you knew to expect a wall it is pretty obvious but if you aren’t expecting a wall it might prove confusing.

    I probably would stop either way.

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      7 minutes ago

      There’s no way the wall would look real as your perspective shifts while yoi over closer to it. Most humans would react to that by at least slowing down.

    • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      I watched the video. The wall would not fool a human with object permanence.

      Anyone who is fooled, is likely impaired enough that they are not legal to drive.