• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    47
    ·
    17 hours ago

    “The Teslas that will be fully autonomous in June in Austin will be Model Ys, so that is currently on track to be able to do paid rides, fully autonomously in June, and then to be in many other cities in the U.S. by the end of this year,” Musk said on the call.

    Okay, so there is zero chance that there will be fully autonomous model Ys doing paid rides anywhere for the next 5-10 years (at least).

      • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        9 hours ago

        Nazi controlled death traps. It’s about power and control:

        Punish the poor: “take the bus peasant”

        Extort the wealthy: “to bypass traffic, please insert $40. FOR $80 we’ll speed for you to shave 10 mins off your trip.”

        Murder the rebellious either inside or outside the cab: "tonights news we look at the car accident where AOC was driven off a cliff and her protesters were run over repeatedly by an autonomous tesla.

        Gate the elite: sorry, this area is restricted to C class passenger licenses or higher.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      15 hours ago

      You think it’s going to be hard for Tesla to convince a city in Texas to let them do autonomous rides?

      Texas.

      I’m not suggesting they’ll do a lot of rides, but there will be at least a handful until something goes wrong sooner than it should and they force a pause.

      Edit: and to be clear, something very wrong. Waymo does wrong things all the time and it’s allowed. It’s going to have to do enough wrong things in a short time or a very very bad thing sooner than it should. But they’ll do rides until that.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        9 hours ago

        You think it’s going to be hard for Tesla to convince a city in Texas to let them do autonomous rides?

        All I know is that Elon couldn’t predict the sunrise. He lies and makes overconfident statements constantly.

      • Halosheep@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        8 hours ago

        Anti autonomous vehicle sentiment is strange to me. As long as they’re doing better than the average person, I think it’s not a terrible thing.

        For reference, I saw 6 different accidents on my drive to work today. It’s a really low bar to clear.

        • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 hours ago

          As far as I can tell it’s an issue of completely destroyed trust in rich techies, who are the only people who can afford to make autonomous vehicles at the moment.

      • orcrist@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        14 hours ago

        Oh, I think Tesla is scared to try. They know that their cars won’t work. They know that it will be a living and dying disaster, and everyone will be posting videos on TikTok. The reason they haven’t seriously tried to create such a city is because they’re trying to ride the AI hype, not because they actually think it’s a good idea to implement.

        • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          13 hours ago

          Tesla might be, Elon isn’t. They’ll do what he says. They’re spending billions getting the cybercab ready. They’ll try it.