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This is a real "AI" ad from the US government about the end of the mandatory use of the auto start-stop.

This is from the official Whitehouse Instagram.

Only things I can see that gives it away that the video is generated is the red car's brake lights being on while accelerating. The obvious stereotypes of bule haired lesbians vs the blonde.

Also they have no insignias on the cars but that's definitely a Prius and idk what the red car is, the red car might not exist in real life.

Spoting generated videos is going to get harder. However if it's obvious propaganda from the state then you should be suspicious.

It's impressive for generated video even though it is stupid as fuck. I won't get too in the weeds about why this is stupid as the point of the post is more about the use of AI in state sponsored propaganda.

Just to get it out of the way, here is why this is a stupid policy:

  • [Auto stop helps fuel economy by 7% - 26%](https://www/. consumerreports.org/cars/fuel-economy-efficiency/does-start-stop-function-really-improve-cars-fuel-economy-a1028235974/)
  • my 10+ year old car has auto stop, it can be disabled with a button, and if it needs to turn on the ac, the engine will auto start.
  • Auto stop has nothing to do with the cost of cars increasing, it's the regime's terrible policies and other factors that have driven prices up.
  • Hybrid cars like the Prius will use the electric engine at a stop.
  • forcing car companies to change features because the US president said so will increase manufacturing costs and prices.

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[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I had two motor options when I test drove my vehicle. One had start/stop and the other didn’t. I drove both on the same route. There was a freeway exit that was one of those slightly irregular yield right handers. I had to stop for maybe a second for a car to clear. The engine shut off. I hit the gas since it was now clear for plenty of time till the next car. It didn’t move. I hit the gas harder. Nothing. Now it’s starting to get questionable with the approaching car. Hit the gas harder. Then the engine finally kicks on when I’m in the accelerator about 50-75%. The vehicle squeals its tires as it pulls away. The sales person doesn’t really say anything from the passenger seat. That was my first and last time dealing with start/stop. I bought the other motor option.

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 points 9 hours ago

That sounds like a defect. It obviously shouldn't happen in a new or even used car being sold by a dealer.

In any case, I'm not really defending Auto Start/Stop so much as I'm pointing out that the problems with it are either recall/manufacturer defect related or user ignorance.

The only reason it exists is to give better fuel efficiency (and less emissions) because that's a regulation through the NTSB. So I do wonder (if they did get rid of the requirement) how car companies would work within the ever more stringent fuel efficiency requirements.

At this rate my guess is Hybrids or full electric vehicles.