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[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (20 children)

Feeling a bit smug since I was early adopter of calling "self-driving" cars a grift. Remember when it was an undeniable fact that most cars would be driving entirely by themselves by now?

[–] PangurBan@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago (8 children)

I've never heard that. Like, anywhere. Lol

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

musk:

2016 "We should be able to do 90 percent of miles driven [autonomously] within three years."

2015 "A Tesla car next year will probably be 90-percent capable of autopilot. Like, so 90 percent of your miles can be on auto. For sure highway travel."

2018 "From a technology standpoint, Tesla will have a car that can do full autonomy in about three years, maybe a bit sooner."

2018 "We're going to end up with complete autonomy, and I think we will have complete autonomy in approximately two years."

2019 "I consider autonomous driving to be a basically solved problem. ... We're less than two years away from complete autonomy. Regulators however will take at least another year; they'll want to see billions of miles of data."

there are about 20 more entries like this.

you apparently haven't paid attention to the grifter in chief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autonomous_Tesla_vehicles_by_Elon_Musk

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's only musk though. Hardly "was undeniable fact".

Remember when it was an undeniable fact that most cars would be driving entirely by themselves by now?

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I’ve never heard that. Like, anywhere. Lol

the person I replied to.

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