[arijun]

I think the author calling Musk a conman is too strong a reaction to what goes on. I think Musk has a tendency to oversell already great technology with science fiction. Teslas are amazing cars but full self driving has been 6 months away for years now.

Like the author, I would also be upset if I believed Musks promises of a brain-computer interface, only to see them dashed. But Neuralink is already an amazing improvement, and I am still excited to see what will come of it.

[CJefferson]

As you say, Musk has been claiming self-driving is 6 months away for years now, yet whenever a crash happens they claim drivers must keep full attention. How is that not the definition of a con-man?

[arijun]

I’m not sure I follow... you and Musk agree FSD isn’t here now, so of course drivers must keep full attention.

As to him making claims about the future, perhaps he believes it. In any case, there is a history of his companies doing “the impossible”; economical reuse of rockets was considered by many to be hot gas by him. Conmen don’t usually deliver to that level.

[mseidl]

Plus the horrible quality of of the cars too.

[arijun]

I imagine that for people who bought the cars, the other characteristics outweigh build quality.

Separately, you might be interested to know that apparently the build quality has gone up quite a bit recently: https://youtu.be/TOrrdqje9Og

[H8crilA]

A tendency you say?

https://elonmusk.today/