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muSSk is having a difficult time getting a trademark approved for grok...I'm surprised he hasn't started spelling it groKKK

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3 hours ago, Chopper said:

2019 - "If you need a geofenced area you do not have full self-driving!!"

2025 - We will geofence robotaxi in Austin to avoid a major anomaly!!

 

I remember when the cool tesla technology was pulling up to you all autonomous in a parking lot lol

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Not really.  There was a construction attempt, but my older brother (lets call him "Chet") kept calling it the "Polish Nuke" then told on me before I could launch and I got a parental beat down.  Chet probably saved a few of my digits, tho.

Polish Nuke - new band name?
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12 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

Somewhere in South Austin, @Guadaloopy is clawing at the door handles and pressing a hand-scrawled “HELP ME” sign against the driver’s side window of a slow-moving Tesla robotaxi.

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24 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Somewhere in South Austin, @Guadaloopy is clawing at the door handles and pressing a hand-scrawled “HELP ME” sign against the driver’s side window of a slow-moving Tesla robotaxi.

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12 hours ago, Chopper said:

2019 - "If you need a geofenced area you do not have full self-driving!!"

2025 - We will geofence robotaxi in Austin to avoid a major anomaly!!

 

 

12 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

 

GUnnA Do this And go out on a Limb say that all the Tesla fanbOOis right now ProbablY ....

 

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Eh... O'Dowd got to to play his gotcha card, but like so many "gotchas" it's a surface-level critique that ignores nuance and important facts.  It ignores the "why" question.

Musk's 2019 statement alludes to the fact that Waymo's solution will not work outside of a geo-fenced area.  Their system will only work in meticulously mapped areas.  

Re: the current statement - Tesla's robotaxi will use geo-fencing for two purposes:

  1. Keep vehicles inside of approved test area.
  2. Avoid intersections and interchanges that are more likely to cause issues with the system.

The important question and distinction is why each of these systems use geo-fencing.  Waymo uses it because their system literally cannot work outside of the geo-fenced areas.  Tesla is using it to limit the operation of the vehicles to an approved test region and to maximize the system's opportunity for success within the test region.

 



 

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7 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

 

Eh... O'Dowd got to to play his gotcha card, but blah blah blah
 

lemme ask you, what is a red traffic signal?

 

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13 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

The important question and distinction is why each of these systems use geo-fencing.  Waymo uses it because their system literally cannot work outside of the geo-fenced areas.  Tesla is using it to limit the operation of the vehicles to an approved test region and to maximize the system's opportunity for success within the test region.

 

Oh please. Tesla is doing this because FSD the way they are making it cannot work period. They are picking "safe" areas because they are the ones they are training ultra highly on. This is simply moving the goalposts AGAIN.

 

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On 6/19/2025 at 10:30 AM, HenryJames said:

 

Hmmm, world famous engine maker or company led by drug addled sociopath?  I think I know who I'm betting on.

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On 6/17/2025 at 2:42 PM, Ted Lange said:

 

 

On 6/17/2025 at 2:50 PM, tbone_ said:

wtf costs a billion a month?

 

On 6/17/2025 at 10:09 PM, Captain Ron said:

 

Elon's drug habit?

But seriously - given how he throws money around, them burning through that kind of cash is not that crazy. I mean that crazy big data center powered by portable generators. The fact that he probably is paying the hell out of his team, even if they are substandard (see Meta offering $100 Million to Open AI employees)
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-altman-says-meta-offered-013520184.html

 

Them lighting cash on fire wouldn't shock me in the least.

 

And now we see this ...

 

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He's going to wake up one day and not have a cent to his name.  Or OD before that happens.  Who knows which will come first.

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46 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

 

 

 

And now we see this ...

 

If Elon hadn't seemingly trashed his relationship with Trump, I'm not sure xAI would be a bad financial bet.  An unregulated, uncensored AI with manipulated training data and market dominance would be a huge tool for authoritarianism and really help cement whatever narrative you wanted to prevail into the foreseeable future.  The big beautiful bill already is providing the unregulated part.  Elon is already happily providing the (somewhat) uncensored w/manipulated data part.  If he can stay/return to Trump's good graces and have xAI be used throughout the federal government and otherwise be given competitive advantages against other options, he could achieve a market dominance.  We are still in the VHS/Betamax phase with AI.  A thumb on the market's table could certainly increase an AI platform's odds of being a winner.

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46 minutes ago, Goredho said:

If Elon hadn't seemingly trashed his relationship with Trump, I'm not sure xAI would be a bad financial bet.  An unregulated, uncensored AI with manipulated training data and market dominance would be a huge tool for authoritarianism and really help cement whatever narrative you wanted to prevail into the foreseeable future.  The big beautiful bill already is providing the unregulated part.  Elon is already happily providing the (somewhat) uncensored w/manipulated data part.  If he can stay/return to Trump's good graces and have xAI be used throughout the federal government and otherwise be given competitive advantages against other options, he could achieve a market dominance.  We are still in the VHS/Betamax phase with AI.  A thumb on the market's table could certainly increase an AI platform's odds of being a winner.

That assumes that AI ends up being a major profit vehicle. It could just be too foundational a product that the benefits are reaped by society and while some businesses make some money, the bulk go by the wayside.

Think Airlines - Where are Continental, Pan Am, NWA, Eastern, etc

Think Computers - Where are Gateway, Compaq (ok, HP, but still), etc?

There are many others. 

Good listen presenting this thesis - https://www.profgalloway.com/a-new-ai-world/

 

Is it right? Maybe, maybe not, but when all of the AI companies can do just about the same things, there might not be a winner but the people.

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38 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

That assumes that AI ends up being a major profit vehicle. It could just be too foundational a product that the benefits are reaped by society and while some businesses make some money, the bulk go by the wayside.

Think Airlines - Where are Continental, Pan Am, NWA, Eastern, etc

Think Computers - Where are Gateway, Compaq (ok, HP, but still), etc?

There are many others. 

Good listen presenting this thesis - https://www.profgalloway.com/a-new-ai-world/

 

Is it right? Maybe, maybe not, but when all of the AI companies can do just about the same things, there might not be a winner but the people.

If that comes to pass, I think people will just pick the AI that matches the world in which they think or want to exist.  Just how they choose their other trusted information sources (fox or msnbc vs reuters, social media influencers, etc...)

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3 hours ago, Chopper said:

EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND POLICE CARS WITH SIRENS...FUCK 'EM!" Guadaloopy 2025

 

Tesla FSD redeemed itself in the follow up video by evading an attempted pit maneuver, spike strips, and finally a police barricade.

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3 hours ago, kevwun said:

He's going to wake up one day and not have a cent to his name.  Or OD before that happens.  Who knows which will come first.

Both events happening simultaneously would be delightful.

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23 minutes ago, Bojack said:

Tesla FSD redeemed itself in the follow up video by evading an attempted pit maneuver, spike strips, and finally a police barricade.

"Tesla, engage Dominic Toretto mode"

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3 hours ago, kevwun said:

He's going to wake up one day and not have a cent to his name.  Or OD before that happens.  Who knows which will come first.

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I think we all have to either root for Ketamine to do its thing or hope he finally decides to take a flight on a Space-X rocket.

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32 minutes ago, Bojack said:

Tesla FSD redeemed itself in the follow up video by evading an attempted pit maneuver, spike strips, and finally a police barricade.

RoboWheelman. Better than a real wheelman, and you don’t have to split the take with it!

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6 minutes ago, kevwun said:

I think he's going to completely destroy Tesla.  It's not going to have any value at that point.

You are dead fucking wrong.

There are three economic constituencies in this world: 1) rational actors, 2) meme stock investors/bros/koolaid drinkers, and 3) larger investors who ride and exploit the trends of group 2.

Groups 2 and 3 would keep the value of "Flaming Bag of Dog Shit Enterprises, with a Tech Bro Leader who says lots of Tech Bro stuff" near the top of the charts.  Actual commercial value has nothing to do with it.  Tesla may end up having shit for actual commercial value, yet will remain one of the most valuable companies on earth, because meme stocks/bros/exploiters.

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1 hour ago, Bojack said:

Tesla FSD redeemed itself in the follow up video by evading an attempted pit maneuver, spike strips, and finally a police barricade.

So you're saying Nicole should install the Tesla/robotaxi app on her phone?

 

56 minutes ago, kevwun said:

I think he's going to completely destroy Tesla.  It's not going to have any value at that point.

I think Walter Isaacson is right and he's going to merge Tesla and X/Xai or whatever.

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20 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I think Walter Isaacson is right and he's going to merge Tesla and X/Xai or whatever.

100%.  It's going to become like a Nestle of shitty "tech-ish" brands.  Each of which functions to conceal the shittiness of the other brands in the portfolio, while simultaneously being a shit brand itself.  It'll be a conglomeration of shit brands doing this to each other to avoid any negativity and boost total stock price to irrational and insane levels disconnected from any actual value:

 

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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

RoboWheelman. Better than a real wheelman, and you don’t have to split the take with it!

 

Given that in your getaway it does this

 

 

I'll take my chances with the real wheelman

 

Drive – review | Ryan Gosling | The Guardian

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Posted
5 hours ago, Chopper said:

"NOBODY NEEDS SCHOOL ZONES!" Guadaloopy, 2025

 

Ok smart guy, but what about the first 6 seconds of the video where the car drove itself and DIDN'T break any traffic laws or kill anyone? 

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2 hours ago, Redneck Mutha said:

Ok smart guy, but what about the first 6 seconds of the video where the car drove itself and DIDN'T break any traffic laws or kill anyone? 

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Tesla fsd (supervisedd) new version is being officially geofenced to avoid roads with trees that may happen (to) fall

 

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1 hour ago, Chopper said:

Tesla fsd (supervisedd) new version is being officially geofenced to avoid roads with trees that may happen fall

 

Well how could they know they needed data for trees in the road?? Concerning.

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