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Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years. (fuelarc.com)

submitted 14 hours ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Crossposted from https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/3871099

TLDR: Tesla will have as many robotaxis as Waymo in the year 2111, if the current growth rate holds (and if Waymo doesn't add a single additional vehicle). So... I'm guessing the Tesla stock price will skyrocket.

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 4 hours ago

I don't blame them for keeping the numbers low.

It'll probably take a few decades to resolve all the kinks. And, meanwhile, less people will die as a result.

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 42 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Unsupervised? Is that what they call “outsourced to the Philippines” these days?

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago

"Crowdsourced steering" doesn't sound quite as appealing as "self driving."

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 23 points 13 hours ago

"Fiverr-guy Supervised" didn't have the same ring to it

[–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, it's called human in the loop and has been an industry term for years in manufacturing.

As of last check they have 60 or so people monitoring over 5k cars.

So yes, mostly unsupervised with at worst less than 1% of the fleet being given commands at any given time.

[–] zeroConnection@programming.dev 6 points 5 hours ago

Huh? Tesla doesn't have 5K cars. They have 39 and probably an operator for each, or they would have more cars on the road already.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Weren't they found out to have a chase vehicle for everyone of them? Alongside continuous remote control.

[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Trust me bro, it totally works, AGI driving cars by itself, bro, just need another billion to... trust me bro!

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Musky said they were only one year away from full self driving back in 2016, and again in 2017, and 2018, and 2019, and 2020, and 2021, and 2022, and 2023, and 2024, and 2025

And he's a big brained smarty boy, so i'm sure they'll get there any day now

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 hours ago

No way in hell would I get in a Tesla taxi