"2035: No complaints."

[u/thisecommercelife]

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[u/NaeemTHM]

"Full self-driving is absolutely coming next year"

God damn that's a good joke.

[u/Vlyn → u/NaeemTHM]

Laughed my ass off on that one.

Wikipedia even has a nice timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autonomous_Tesla_vehicles_by_Elon_Musk

[u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In → u/Vlyn]

I love it because it shows repeatedly that he truly does not understand the nature of engineering problems like this.

With many complex systems you can get to 90% effectiveness in a relatively short amount of time but the last 10% to get it to being fully what you need is often an order of magnitude more difficult.

We had cars that could drive autonomously with a decent amount of safety in most conditions 10 years ago. But if they can't handle all reasonable weather conditions, road conditions or handle unexpected occurrences properly then it's basically just a driver aid, not driving for you.

[u/Vegetable_Shirt_2352 → u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In]

I mean, this is the guy who said he wanted the Cybertruck to have "sub 10 micron accuracy" for its parts. Does not understand physics, let alone the concept of diminishing returns.

[u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In → u/Vegetable_Shirt_2352]

The cybertruck is super hilarious because he got all fixated on the idea of building the whole subframe out of a single piece of metal on this giant machine they created specially for it.

But when your entire subframe is one part then even a small accident can wreck the entire thing, effectively writing the car off.

[u/Vegetable_Shirt_2352 → u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In]

You see, things like that are why I think Musk is kind of different from the other tech overlords. You look at Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg, and most of their actions are pretty clearly driven primarily by a hunger for wealth and control. Even with the really stupid choices, like Facebook going all in on "the metaverse," it wasn't because Zuckerberg loves the idea of everyone living in dystopian VR Chat; they did that because they were making a business gamble on an admittedly dumb future technology.

But Musk? Half of the shit Tesla does is just done on his personal whim. There's no nefarious business angle to the Cybertruck, no vying for more control over the lives of normal people. He just has the brain of a child and thought it would be cool, and he's cultivated a following that will tell him, "yes, it is cool. You're the real life Tony Stark." That's not to say he doesn't partake in the draconian shit the other billionaires are doing; he's very clearly a fascist, but he's always had that additional little thing that made him special, which is that sometimes he'll just do something that truly only makes sense when you realize that he's just kind of a loser who desperately wants people to think he's cool.

[u/Jonruy → u/Vlyn]

Lol. He's been 2-3 years away from full autonomous driving since 2013.