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HN mostly cites it as a record of Musk's self-driving claims and timelines, often sarcastically in threads about missed FSD promises.
A Lex Fridman podcast conversation with Elon Musk focused on Tesla Autopilot, covering the motivation for Autopilot and Musk's views on self-driving safety and autonomy.
Watch Lex Fridman's interview with Musk ( [this video] ), where they discuss exactly this topic. Basically, Musk's point is that if self-driving cars are statistically safer than humans, then allowing humans to drive will make cars less safe again. Furthermore (regarding some other children here), the study that Lex and his team has done show that drivers are not less engaged while Autopilot is on (as many critics say).
Interview covering Musk's argument on autonomy safety and Autopilot engagement study.
While you're waiting for the main event to start, here are some recent interviews with Elon about self-driving cars. He's very confident. "To me right now, this seems 'game, set, and match,'" Musk said. "I could be wrong, but it appears to be the case that Tesla is vastly ahead of everyone." I am eager to see what they unveil today. [this video] [link]
Recent Musk interview on self-driving confidence ahead of Autonomy Day.
It's from this interview: [this video] I think he also repeated that on an investor call later. As for prison, just ask Trevor Milton or Elizabeth Holmes.
Identifies the interview as the source of a Musk claim.
> I think he's counting on 'exponential improvement'. Here he is, on record, stating that he believes Tesla has essentially solved the problem ('game, set, and match'): [1] [this video]
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