What does “running the driver in hard mode as much as possible” mean? Why do you think Tesla’s approach “didn’t work and they are now dead last in the game?”

What does “running the driver in hard mode as much as possible” mean? Why do you think Tesla’s approach “didn’t work and they are now dead last in the game?” Maybe that’s just an opinion because you provided nothing to back it up - but I can tell you not only does AutoPilot/FSD Beta work, the latest FSD Beta stack (I’m driving 11.3.6) works extremely well. Tesla has orders of magnitude more passenger-miles driven than any other solution, which is one quantitative way to gauge success. Tesla’s latest FSD Beta safety record on city streets is also excellent - 10x fewer accidents per mile than Cruise for example. This is another huge win for Tesla but it’s important to note that this is accomplished in part by requiring strict driver oversight (enforced through gaze & attention tracking in the cabin camera). So the significantly lower accident rate is not an apple-to-apples comparison of two L4 solutions, but it convincingly shows that their L2 solution is actively making the city and highway roads safer for the driver and the cars & pedestrians that they are sharing the road with.