Current language models (misnomered as “AI”) are great at some things but fail at any real thinking.
Self-Driving works decently in predictable environments but anything outside of those limits can make it literally crash and burn.
Public road transportation by individuals just has too many cases where real decision-making is required.
Despite all their resources, I think they’ve given up. All the brilliant engineers and scientists have given up, because they know what we’ve suspected for a long time.
Ditching lidar was madness, at least if you care about safety. Musk might’ve had a few brain cells left at one point, but the nonstop dose of horse‑tranquilizer is clearly wearing him out. He and his pals love llms because they see themselves in those bots: great at spitting out slick word chains, but with zero real understanding of anything.