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Comment by ekianjo

1 day ago

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> Other car manufacturers make robots? I didn't know.

No shit they make robots.

Toyota also has a machine that builds the machine. Tesla is not special in that regard.

Oh, you mean humanoid robots. I’m guessing you purchased FSD? How’s that going? One day. The future. Believe. The. Hype.

  • Tesla’s current products are similar to older failed products from other manufacturers. Tesla’s future products are similar to older failed products from other manufacturers. Tesla’s current products are largely profitable. Just exactly why are we bashing on attempts to bring products to market? I will say i view the “lies” as woefully aspirational but not malicious in intent. and i do think the lines can blur. but i’d rather have cool new things and a few fools fooled benevolently than, for instance, no true EV market.

So the new thesis is "okay, so it's a shit car manufacturer, but it might one day do [random other thing of questionable plausibility and market value]"? Like, what if BMW makes a teleporter? What if Ford discovers the elixir of youth?

(Also I feel bound to point out that Honda notoriously _does_ make robots, though they don't seem to have done it much good.)

It is unclear to me why people think that making humanoid robots is particularly valuable, or why Tesla would be a leader in that market, if it existed, and to be clear it does not seem to exist. What are the humanoid robots for?