Apparently the markets and other observers of last night’s fantastic robotaxi + “robot world of the future” event had the same reaction I did, which was basically “WTF is this?”. Judging from a whole variety of recent aberrant actions, including several at a recent Trump rally, I think it should no longer be assumed that Elmo is completely sane.
I don’t think it’s ticked up. I just think the sanctimonious advice has been gracefully given the due consideration it deserved.
I give his Robo Taxi time frame that same credence that I give his people on Mars time frame.
I’ve been hoping for a long while that the Tesla gets rid of Musk. It’s more and more clear that his idiocy is dragging down the whole company. There’s got to be some shareholders who realize that easing Musk into something like “emeritus director of creativity” or whatever and hiring an effective CEO would give the share price an instance boost.
He controls the board. True believers and family. “Incestuous” comes to mind. He is Tesla, sinking into madness is the reality but no one is available to say stop, no , or resign.
And subways, too! Speaking of which:
I haven’t either, but I’ve been driving over a quarter of a century, and I’ve run over (not intentionally!): a squirrel, a rat, a possible bobcat (it was 3 AM, and that thing was bolting), and a chicken.
(._. )
Apparently he suggested these things could be used as school buses.
I can’t see any potential problems with replacing a bus that can hold 60-80 kids each with vehicles that only hold 12 and then putting 12 tech-savvy children into a self-driving pod with no adult supervision, can you?
Twelve per bus keeps the death rate at a more acceptable number.
I’m not sure what’s more ridiculous - these “cabs” or the idea that public school districts have the money to spend on them
No damn way would I let my 10-year-old daughter be transported in a vehicle without adult supervision.
Each bus will have an Optimus robot that’s been programmed with the RoboCop discipline chip to ensure no one gets out of line.
“You have raised your voices above an acceptable decibel level. Lower your volume or I will be forced to take punitive actions.”
…Holding a glowing axe made of golden energy…
Those kids would shut the fuck up pretty fast.
Hold on, I’ve been thinking on this since yesterday and I think I know what Elmo’s so-called “self-driving cab” actually is…
(With sincerest apologies to Benny…)
Opens app on phone
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“We’re going to Disneyland!”
Remember earlier this year when it turned out that the “AI” in Amazon’s cashierless grocery stores were just people watching cameras in a call center?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Elmo’s “fully self-driving” cars are just being run by a guy in India with a remote driving rig.
I’m sure that they can make up the money by canceling critical race and DEI classes. /s
B-b-b-but they’ll only cost $30,000! And it’ll pay for itself because it can do Uber for you! State Farm is gonna be JUST fine with your car doubling as an unattended livery vehicle! And it’ll also be a dating site and a bank! And we’re gonna drive them on Mars in two weeks!
Meanwhile, Elmo says he became a fascist because Biden wouldn’t invite him to any parties.
“iM a fReE sPeEcH aBsOlUtIsT”