Silicon Valley wants us to believe that their autonomous products are a kind of self-guided magic, but the technology is clearly not there yet. A quick peak behind the curtain has consistently revealed a product base that, at a minimum, is still deeply reliant on human workforces.
The lidar drama is why Tesla without Musk could overtake global EV market, but they have him.
It may well be a matter of opinion whether Tesla, even operating at its highest potential, could now overtake the likes of BYD, which is getting extensive help from its government. But, it’s reasonably clear that Tesla’s chances get thinner with every bad decision of Musk’s.
He fucked with the engineering, chasing pennies on critical components, like the lidar. He fucked with the crown jewel of the company—its Supercharger network—by destroying the team, and thereby slowing down rollouts and critical maintenance. He ran his mouth off and chased away folks—like me—who would have otherwise bought, by espousing pants-on-head-crazy crypto-bro viewpoints. Hell, his idea of PR is a poop emoji auto-responder.
It’s just frustrating to see such a great concept—the ubiquitous electric car—be fucked up so badly by the person with the most means to succeed.
It is almost like he is not a genius and just has generational wealth.
I mean when was the last time “the person who knows the most about manufacturing in the world” spent all their free time doing drugs, posting on Twitter, and fucking his employees trying to pump out kid number thirteen.
There is a word for someone who fucks it all up but still is left holding the money. Conman, that is the word.
Don’t forget about spending thousands of hours in Diablo 4. And now he’s eyeing up Path of Exile 2.
Hard working my ass, he spends more time on Twitter than I do at work.