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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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[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 29 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

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.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 15 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 9 points 5 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 3 points 3 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 6 points 5 hours ago

No way in hell would I get in a Tesla taxi