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While this topic is interesting; on one hand, ironically the video is so overdramatized in presentation* it is a bit cringe to watch, on another hand, unfortuna

• Fricken 6y ago
  How is the video dramatized? It's a series of clips of Elon lying from his mouth, a series of testimonials from fans who ate the lies up. No claim made by Elon needed to be manipulated or exaggerated or miscontextualized to emphasize the point being made. It was obvious and apparent to those in the self driving car industry that Tesla's hw3 hardware would be insufficient for full self driving; and even if it wasn't, saying that developing level 5 is now just a software problem is a massive and egregious understatement. I tried to inform fans about this on many occasions from the day the HW3 specs first dropped, and I'm sure you can imagine how well those efforts went over. These are Tesla fans, who, in some cases were buying Teslas they couldn't afford under the sincere belief that the vehicle would pay for itself in a few years when they start farming it out as a robotaxi.
  • Arbalest 6y ago
    The video is dramatised mostly in it's presentation. Look at the way the clips are cut together, the shadow framing of some scenes, the music. Seeing that dramatic presentation is a heuristic for dishonest data because, let's face it: Mass media does this all the time. But when I saw the comment, I was thinking the same as you. He's the most direct source of marketing information and technical claims.