AI6YR BenFortune: Questions swirl as Tesla nears Austin launch day for high stakes driverless robotaxi launch
*** my own questions here:
1. How soon will a Tesla robotaxi slam into the back of an emergency vehicle?
2. How many people will get run over by a robotaxi before they withdraw it from the market?
3. How many low paid third world "drivers" will be required to make this "driverless" system work?
4. Will these robotaxis be participating in future Nazi parades?
Koen Hufkens, PhDWill add...
5. Will they be weaponized for surveillance and or assaults as per @pluralistic scifi
Asbestos@ai6yr @pluralistic
Re #5
We can be assured that there will be multiple internal cameras and microphones along with exterior cams and all their data will be saved despite claims to the contrary
@Asbestos @ai6yr @pluralistic wasn't' there a piece in Wired with Tesla staff using the internal cameras to spy on frolicking folks.
XenoPhage 
@koen_hufkens @Asbestos @ai6yr @pluralistic Well, there's an article on the cameras being access by hackers :
https://www.wired.com/story/verkada-hack-github-exchange-server-exploit-security-news/
And an article from Reuters about employees sharing "sensitive" images from customer cars ..
@koen_hufkens @ai6yr @pluralistic
Given what now must be the full douchebro vibe going on there, I would expect no less.
DeManiak πΏπ¦@koen_hufkens @Asbestos @ai6yr @pluralistic there DEFINITELY was stories/evidence of tesla staff having WAAAAAAY to much access to uncensored and private recordings of various natures
@koen_hufkens @ai6yr @pluralistic
I'm also pretty sure it will be shared easily with law enforcement, to further efforts of stifling antifascist dissent
S Vermin Rose@koen_hufkens @Asbestos @ai6yr @pluralistic Not only! There's a whole Pornhub "Teslacams" category. So I've heard.
Tim Kukulski@koen_hufkens @ai6yr @pluralistic I just dropped in to ask @adapalmer how much less interesting itβll be when done by a cartoon villain.
Pepijn Schmitz
Jose Luis Peruyero@ai6yr
Will robotaxis be the drillfield for future robotanks divisions?
Will robotaxis be the drillfield for future robotanks divisions?
Andrew J Spaulding@ai6yr All great questions, but the only way to find out is to wait and see. We know that Musk will forge documents and lie about the testing results.
mastodonphan@ai6yr 6. Can Elon Musk willingly volunteer to be the test dummy for these robotaxis?
7. How likely is it that Elon Musk can get fatally hit by one of these things?
Weird Socks
Al@ai6yr
possible answers
1) unknown because accident reporting of robots is forbidden by the NTSB; not a profitable report so no reason to have it.
2) two unrelated concepts, people getting run over means a poor life choice, withdrawn from market only happens when it no longer profitable.
3) none, they will all be low paid locally, driverless system working is a political question, it will just be defined that way.
4) yes, they will be the only vehicle allowed. Its an issue of total control.
crispy branzino β (skin)@ai6yr robotaxis exist as a vehicle to prop up what is otherwise an overvalued and highly volatile stock for shareholders that still dont understand Tesla was wiped out by chinese automakers about six years ago, and again by western domestic manufacturers some three years ago with inexpensive competition that forced the brand to devalue its entire line of vehicles just to remain competitive.
Like the tesla semi if it ever sees the light of day it will be quarantined to a postage stamp worth of surface street and likely show up every fortnight in the news plagued by some esoteric and sad persistent failure.
Less than vapourware it never was in my opinion. Robotaxi is musks attempt to stop the absolute firesale of Tesla stock. He spent 4 hours on MSNBC shilling it.
Like the tesla semi if it ever sees the light of day it will be quarantined to a postage stamp worth of surface street and likely show up every fortnight in the news plagued by some esoteric and sad persistent failure.
Less than vapourware it never was in my opinion. Robotaxi is musks attempt to stop the absolute firesale of Tesla stock. He spent 4 hours on MSNBC shilling it.
Laukidh
Gene Cowan
Sara@ai6yr saw the doc today and he says light duty at work for ~6 weeks and lots of physical therapy
probably the end of spring outdoor climbing season for me but I'm hoping to salvage some summer boat time
Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD)
wendivibe@splitmind @ai6yr So, suicide machines
@wendinoakland Fascism is a death cult, so it fits π€·ββοΈ
Old Woofian@ai6yr I hope it won't be running ED209 software
γ future ape γ@ai6yr wait. questions or laughter?