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Tesla with an inferior product will have much more money to throw at the problem vis-a-vis Waymo . Also everybody wants to work at Tesla , not so much Waymo.

by GDC7 5y ago

Tesla with an inferior product will have much more money to throw at the problem vis-a-vis Waymo . Also everybody wants to work at Tesla , not so much Waymo. Unless you think there is a correlation between the IQ of people who are turned off by Musk and Tesla hype antics (and "faking it till you make it" kind of process) , then there is reason to believe that Tesla is in a better position to attack the problem and not Waymo.

smt88 5y ago
> Unless you think there is a correlation between the IQ of people who are turned off by Musk and Tesla hype antics (and "faking it till you make it" kind of process) , then there is reason to believe that Tesla is in a better position to attack the problem and not Waymo. I certainly think that the smartest and most ethical engineers in the SDC space are turned off by Musk and Tesla. I'm sure there are plenty of unethical engineers, like Anthony Levandowski, who will do whatever Tesla needs, though. After all, Facebook still employees many of the best engineers in software.
- GDC7 5y ago
  Let's hope this is the case. In my experience it's very rare to find a person that has a strong overlap of book smarts and street smarts These people idolize Musk, just look around in here.
sidibe 5y ago
> Tesla with an inferior product will have much more money to throw at the problem vis-a-vis Waymo . >Also everybody wants to work at Tesla , not so much Waymo. Highly doubt both of these. Tesla has a bigger budget total than Waymo but Tesla's FSD team is probably smaller than Waymo. Plus they have much more access to compute resources and AI expertise, Alphabet's R&D spend on AI is probably close to Tesla's entire revenue
- GDC7 5y ago
  But Google doesn't have just Waymo in their portfolio. Besides Musk is willing to push the company on the brink of bankruptcy and is able to convince Wall St. to allow him to do so. Larry & Sergey won't ever push Google on the brink of bankruptcy just to make Waymo a success.

by GDC7 5y ago

smt88 5y ago

> Unless you think there is a correlation between the IQ of people who are turned off by Musk and Tesla hype antics (and "faking it till you make it" kind of process) , then there is reason to believe that Tesla is in a better position to attack the problem and not Waymo. I certainly think that the smartest and most ethical engineers in the SDC space are turned off by Musk and Tesla. I'm sure there are plenty of unethical engineers, like Anthony Levandowski, who will do whatever Tesla needs, though. After all, Facebook still employees many of the best engineers in software.

GDC7 5y ago
Let's hope this is the case. In my experience it's very rare to find a person that has a strong overlap of book smarts and street smarts These people idolize Musk, just look around in here.

sidibe 5y ago

> Tesla with an inferior product will have much more money to throw at the problem vis-a-vis Waymo . >Also everybody wants to work at Tesla , not so much Waymo. Highly doubt both of these. Tesla has a bigger budget total than Waymo but Tesla's FSD team is probably smaller than Waymo. Plus they have much more access to compute resources and AI expertise, Alphabet's R&D spend on AI is probably close to Tesla's entire revenue

GDC7 5y ago
But Google doesn't have just Waymo in their portfolio. Besides Musk is willing to push the company on the brink of bankruptcy and is able to convince Wall St. to allow him to do so. Larry & Sergey won't ever push Google on the brink of bankruptcy just to make Waymo a success.