[tapoxi]

Musk needs to keep hyping the next big thing to justify the insane valuation. So it was going to launch regardless of how ready or safe it was.

Still seems nuts to me, they're pretending Waymo doesn't already regularly drive without supervision.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autono...

[jfoster]

But if you're correct, then won't it be a massive harm to the valuation once they are at fault in many accidents over the coming weeks? They have the Q2 earnings call coming up next month.

It seems like it would be a really bad idea to put this out there if they know from the data that it will cause lots of accidents.

[rurp]

It depends on how much autonomous driving they actually do. My guess is that they will only drive a miniscule amount in favorable conditions for the foreseeable future. That would maximize the hype:risk ratio.

It's also possible they quietly rely on remote operators to a large extent. The fake robot PR stunt wasn't even that long ago, the company might try the same thing here.

[quantified]

Yeah, well, companies like Enron show that covering up mistakes with other mistakes ends badly. Fake it til you make it works if you make it, blows up otherwise.

[jfoster]

So you're saying they developed it up until this level where it can mostly drive itself, but now they've pivoted toward collapsing the company?

I just don't see how this train of thought makes sense.

[quantified]

Let's see, the future is yet to manifest.