Tesla Autopilot makes it to HN pretty much every week now, almost never in a good way. Every time, we have a big discussion about autopilot safety, AI ethics,

Tesla Autopilot makes it to HN pretty much every week now, almost never in a good way. Every time, we have a big discussion about autopilot safety, AI ethics, etc. What about lack of focus? Tesla has already reinvented the car in a big way--all-electric, long range, fast charge, with a huge network of "superchargers". It's taken EV from a niche environmentalist pursuit to something widely seen as the future of automotive. Why are they trying to tackle self-driving cars at the same time? This feels like a classic mistake and case of scope creep. Becoming the Toyota of electric is vast engineering challenge. Level 5 autonomous driving is an equally vast engineering challenge. Both represent once-in-a-generation technological leaps. Trying to tackle both at the same time feels like hubris. If they just made great human-piloted electric cars and focused on cost, production efficiency, volume, and quality, I think they'd be in a better place as a business. Autopilot seems like an expensive distraction.