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No worries, looking up someone's posting history is kosher IMO. No, I'm not a Tesla customer. Nor do I have any position in Tesla stocks (or oil, for that matt
by danso 8y ago
No worries, looking up someone's posting history is kosher IMO.
No, I'm not a Tesla customer. Nor do I have any position in Tesla stocks (or oil, for that matter).
To be honest, I think the Tesla cars sound quite good, and appreciate what Musk and the company has done to make EV an attractive industry. But as you've probably seen in my Tesla-related submissions, I'm currently not a huge fan in how Tesla is currently promoting AutoPilot and responding to AutoPilot incidents. I don't know much about car manufacturing but I do have an interest in AI/machine learning.
- caio1982 8y agoThanks man, I appreciate the honest response, and that's exactly what I was imagining (skepticism towards self-driving tech, that I share to some extent).
- danso 8y agoHere's a recent discussion by me and another user on yesterday's Tesla thread that sums up my problems with AP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17232991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17232991 I get that Tesla's in a somewhat tough situation, having increased pressure to prove its manufacturing and sales are long-term viable. I don't agree that Tesla gets disproportionate negative media/attention (relative to the positive media that it gets), but I can see why Tesla would feel particularly harmed at this stage in development. But since they've sold AutoPilot as a major defining feature, I think it's fair to raise it as an issue. Particularly on HN given the general interest here in AI/machine learning.