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The Boring Company and Tesla auto-pilot are still alive though

• tsimionescu 6y ago
  The Boring Company is boring boring regular tunnels, nothing like Musk's fanciful visions that civil engineers have scoffed at. Tesla auto-pilot is far behind even the state of the art in self driving (Waymo), and even that is far behind actual self driving. So sure, some good has come out of the project, no doubt about it, but the naysayers have also been right.
  • patagurbon 6y ago
    The tunnels themselves were never the innovation, it was the TBMs. Have they not made progress there? I imagine not much since I haven't seen them on here in a while.
  • shytey 6y ago
    What are you basing your assessment of Tesla auto pilot on? Genuinely curious, if you could point me in the direction of some resources on the topic I would appreciate it.
    • IshKebab 6y ago
      He has repeatedly said "full self-driving" is coming soon with the hardware that they've already sold. That is utter nonsense. Here is a very recent example but he's been saying it for years: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53349313 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53349313
    • tsimionescu 6y ago
      I've seen this described numerous times. Here is a quote from a research company called Navigant[0]: "Tesla continues to make high-profile promises, including having one million robotaxi-capable vehicles on the road by the end of 2020," Navigant's report reads. "However, the performance of its systems remains inconsistent and its products do not match its proposed mobility business model." [0]https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/self-driving-study-navigant-research-tesla-waymo-cruise/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/self-driving-study-naviga...