Quote Originally Posted by MK2SQ View Post
Few things I want to address,

1) is overcomplicating and over engineering a solution to a simple task.
2) introduction of touch and voice to lower the manufacturer cost of the car not to improve on usability
3) people getting cut up with using technology or complicated systems as they think as long as I introduce a technical solution somehow the process is better

Moving a dial up or down will always be the best, easiest, and quickest interaction with the car until the interaction is not needed.
You're basically making the "solution in search of a problem" argument, and 9 times out of 10 I would probably agree with you that we throw tech at a lot of problems simply for the sake of throwing tech at something. In this instance tho there will never be a better possible user interaction than voice control. We all think that a button is the best solution because it's currently the best solution and it's served us well for a long time. That doesn't mean it is tomorrow's best solution by any means. Buttons are great because they're simple and reliable. They do however 100% affect your focus as a driver, regardless of how well you know your cabin layout and how impossibly good you think you are at touching them without having to look. Sure, you may be able to turn on the air conditioning and adjust it to 68 without having to look while navigating heavy traffic, but you still just lost focus because your brain had to process and focus on the request you were making of it and to move your arm and hand in a coordinated fashion.

Briefly regarding autonomy; as a person who works for a tech company that leads the industry in this space, we will absolutely guaranteed see level 5 autonomy in our life (unless some of you are very old already..sorry). Whether or not political forces (local, regional, country laws) and public perception will adjust fast enough for it to be broadly accessible to all is a different story. I can already see the public perception here will require some work. I will say that some of the issues that were called out across the various posts are all things that have largely been solved already and have been for some time.

Side note; I saw "auto pilot" called out. It's hilarious that Musk was poking fun at Porsche for using the term "Turbo" on the Taycan while Tesla uses the term "auto pilot" for a not so auto piloted system. 🤦*♂️Also the "turbo" in any 911 has basically been moot since they moved all motors to forced induction. So there's that too.

Double Side note; we're way the hell of thread topic, but it's a fun discussion.