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One interesting bit is that recently Nvidia's CEO said Tesla is ahead of the other companies in the space. My opinion is also that Tesla isn't but then we have

by vasco 2y ago

One interesting bit is that recently Nvidia's CEO said Tesla is ahead of the other companies in the space. My opinion is also that Tesla isn't but then we have a connundrum. Is Nvidia's CEO just saying this because Waymo doesn't buy GPUs from them? > “Tesla is far ahead in self-driving cars,” Huang said in an exclusive interview with Yahoo Finance. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-ceo-says-tesla-far-ahead-in-self-driving-tech-as-autonomous-driving-efforts-boost-chip-demand-181126677.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-ceo-says-tesla-far-ahe...

tjoff 2y ago
> Is Nvidia's CEO just saying this because Waymo doesn't buy GPUs from them? Yes.
- kevincox 2y ago
  It's amazing how little you can trust these people even though you would expect that the CEO of NVIDIA has a reputation to maintain.
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - ffsm8 2y ago
    Did you forget the crypto and nft hype train presentations that Jensen did ~2 years ago?
    - tim333 2y ago
      Bear in mind he was selling shovels to the miners, not shilling coins, I think?
blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
> Is Nvidia's CEO just saying this because Waymo doesn't buy GPUs from them? Waymo works in limited places and relies on a ridiculous number of sensors. Have you seen one in real life with all its equipment? Surely that makes it less advanced or at less ambitious. Assuming something malicious about Nvidia’s CEO seems like a big leap.
- debatem1 2y ago
  Ambition isn't the goal, self driving is. Who cares how many sensors it has as long as it works?
  - catlikesshrimp 2y ago
    > Who cares how many sensors it has as long as it works? Funny enough, The original topic was that looking sexier was more profitable than working.
  - krzyk 2y ago
    Well, if something will be prohibitively price it is just like not existing.
    - ffsm8 2y ago
      TIL that Porsche cars don't exist.
      - krzyk 2y ago
        You know what I mean, don't catch me on words.
- aurareturn 2y ago
  I've always wondered why adding more sensors to a self driving car was such a big deal. Yes, it makes the cars more expensive but at some point, these parts will get mass produced and they will be cheap as hell. The more data a car has, the better it should drive.
  - lolc 2y ago
    Once you add sensors you can't promise buyers that their car with less sensors will be just as self driving as the car with more sensors. So adding sensors is a big deal for Tesla, because they are in the market of selling a promise of self driving.
cma 2y ago
Nvidia's CEO said that a day after Elon raised a capital multi billion dollar capital round all spent on a 100,000 gpu Nvidia cluster for another of his companies, so it could easily just be flattery.

by vasco 2y ago

tjoff 2y ago

> Is Nvidia's CEO just saying this because Waymo doesn't buy GPUs from them? Yes.

kevincox 2y ago
It's amazing how little you can trust these people even though you would expect that the CEO of NVIDIA has a reputation to maintain.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
- ffsm8 2y ago
  Did you forget the crypto and nft hype train presentations that Jensen did ~2 years ago?
  - tim333 2y ago
    Bear in mind he was selling shovels to the miners, not shilling coins, I think?

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

> Is Nvidia's CEO just saying this because Waymo doesn't buy GPUs from them? Waymo works in limited places and relies on a ridiculous number of sensors. Have you seen one in real life with all its equipment? Surely that makes it less advanced or at less ambitious. Assuming something malicious about Nvidia’s CEO seems like a big leap.

debatem1 2y ago
Ambition isn't the goal, self driving is. Who cares how many sensors it has as long as it works?
- catlikesshrimp 2y ago
  > Who cares how many sensors it has as long as it works? Funny enough, The original topic was that looking sexier was more profitable than working.
- krzyk 2y ago
  Well, if something will be prohibitively price it is just like not existing.
  - ffsm8 2y ago
    TIL that Porsche cars don't exist.
    - krzyk 2y ago
      You know what I mean, don't catch me on words.
aurareturn 2y ago
I've always wondered why adding more sensors to a self driving car was such a big deal. Yes, it makes the cars more expensive but at some point, these parts will get mass produced and they will be cheap as hell. The more data a car has, the better it should drive.
- lolc 2y ago
  Once you add sensors you can't promise buyers that their car with less sensors will be just as self driving as the car with more sensors. So adding sensors is a big deal for Tesla, because they are in the market of selling a promise of self driving.

cma 2y ago

Nvidia's CEO said that a day after Elon raised a capital multi billion dollar capital round all spent on a 100,000 gpu Nvidia cluster for another of his companies, so it could easily just be flattery.