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Cruise can't do 1x the work of a human. I don't think using imagination-tech statistics makes for a credible argument.

• kube-system 3y ago
  What else do you think research and development investment is? This thread, and this entire topic, is a discussion about things that currently don't exist and aren't currently possible. We are all aware that self driving vehicles are future technology, not an existing one.
  • boh 3y ago
    Research and development doesn't include arbitrary statistics. Let's not confuse irresponsible marketing with innovation.
    • kube-system 3y ago
      I think you are confusing investment with innovation. The investment, and the marketing to raise those funds comes before any innovation might happen. The "big bet" that the title is referring to is the future innovation that everyone knows doesn't exist yet. The upside potential for innovation is the entire point of investing in R&D. If you think that this upside potential is not very well defined, entirely hypothetical, and isn't even clear that it will even happen, you're entirely right. Investors call this "risk".