A Lex Fridman podcast conversation with Elon Musk focused on Tesla Autopilot, covering the motivation for Autopilot and Musk's views on self-driving safety and autonomy.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN mostly cites it as a record of Musk's self-driving claims and timelines, often sarcastically in threads about missed FSD promises.
Interview covering Musk's argument on autonomy safety and Autopilot engagement study.
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Watch Lex Fridman's interview with Musk ( this video ), where they discuss exactly this topic. Basically, Musk's point is that if self-driving cars are statistically safer than humans, then allowing humans to drive will make cars less safe again. Furthermore (regarding some other children here), the study that Lex and his team has done show that drivers are not less engaged while Autopilot is on (as many critics say).
Cites itnetinstructionsApr 2019
“here are some recent interviews with Elon about self-driving cars.”
Recent Musk interview on self-driving confidence ahead of Autonomy Day.
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While you're waiting for the main event to start, here are some recent interviews with Elon about self-driving cars. He's very confident. "To me right now, this seems 'game, set, and match,'" Musk said. "I could be wrong, but it appears to be the case that Tesla is vastly ahead of everyone." I am eager to see what they unveil today. this videolink
Cites itTheAlchemistMar 2025
“It's from this interview”
Identifies the interview as the source of a Musk claim.
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It's from this interview: this video I think he also repeated that on an investor call later. As for prison, just ask Trevor Milton or Elizabeth Holmes.
CriticalfmihailaMay 2019
“Here he is, on record, stating that he believes Tesla has essentially solved the problem”
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> I think he's counting on 'exponential improvement'. Here he is, on record, stating that he believes Tesla has essentially solved the problem ('game, set, and match'): [1] this video
CriticalquititJul 2024Full comment
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CriticalVortigauntAug 2024
“But elon told me FSD would come out next year!”
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But elon told me FSD would come out next year![1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] [1] link [2] link [3] link [4] link [5] link [6] link [7] link [8] link [9] link [10] this video [11] link [12] link [13] link [14] link [15] link [16] link (Or simply, link )
CriticalVortigauntOct 2024
“Oh hey I get to copy paste a list of times elon said FSD would come out next year!”
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Oh hey I get to copy paste a list of times elon said FSD would come out next year![1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] [1] link [2] link [3] link ... [4] link ... [5] link [6] link ... [7] link [8] link [9] link ... [10] this video [11] link [12] link ... [13] link [14] link ... [15] link ... [16] link (Or simply, link )
