Musk Can’t Dodge Tesla Cash Woes Any Longer

Post by dwighttk » Thu, May 02, 2019, 4:37 PM UTC

cjhopman wrote: post #142

dwighttk wrote: post #112

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For what it is worth Musk said: “I think we will be feature complete, full self-driving, this year – meaning the car will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up and take you all the way to your destination without intervention, this year. I would say I am of certain of that. That is not a question mark.” That’s 7 months, not 19. (The rest is good :)

He also said "We'll be able to do a demonstration guide of full autonomy all the way from LA to New York. So basically from home in LA to Times Square in New York. And then have the car go and park itself by the end of next year"

when was that? 2016? :D

Post by mpweiher » Fri, May 03, 2019, 9:29 AM UTC

ergothus wrote: post #109

Robotbeat wrote: post #79

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He's not intending to be over-optimistic; his goals are possible, he sees they are possible and says so, even if they're unlikely. And he repeatedly states his tendency to be over-optimistic, which RARELY is acknowledged by pretty much anyone else promoting a new advancement. "I think we can do this by XX. Granted, I've been over-optimistic in the past"... is refreshing honesty, not "lies." It's amazing to me that so…

> so many people interpret acknowledgement of one's own fallibility as lying. I can't speak for others, but for myself I interpreted the bit about his bio saying this meant that it was the intention, not an honest assessment of what will occur despite intentions. I mean, I'm TERRIBLE at estimation and despite all my efforts and awareness I still underestimate most everything. But when starting a company I wouldn't sa…

Often times, to get amazing or even great, you have to aim for impossible.

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” -- George Bernard Shaw

Re: Musk Can’t Dodge Tesla Cash Woes Any Longer

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