Tesla wants you to believe in its self-driving tech, but even its own AI trainers won’t trust it
Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology has faced scrutiny as an investigation reveals that even its AI trainers lack confidence in its safety. Despite Elon Musk's claims that FSD is significantly safer than human drivers, the methodology behind these assertions is questioned. The findings highlight a disconnect between the company's promises and the experiences of those working directly with the technology.
- ▪Elon Musk has been promoting fully autonomous Teslas for nearly a decade.
- ▪An investigation shows that Tesla's AI trainers are hesitant to trust the FSD technology they are training.
- ▪Tesla claims that FSD is up to 10 times safer than human drivers, but the methodology behind this claim is flawed.
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Elon Musk has been promising a fully autonomous Tesla for the better part of a decade. If you believe him, that future is right around the corner. But a new Reuters investigation suggests the people closest to the technology, the ones actually training it, want nothing to do with it. Hundreds of Tesla workers spend their days watching footage captured by cars running Full Self-Driving. They watch cats, dogs, and deer getting struck without the car braking, near-misses with children, and Teslas blowing through speed limits by 20 to 30 mph. Things seem dire, and yet Elon Musk keeps telling the world that FSD is ready to take the wheel.
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