Tesla cofounder calls Autopilot and FSD software 'crap' that could risk the carmaker's future

[Caribbeans]

Autoblog.com | Feb 18th 2023

Elon Musk has made autonomous driving a top priority at Tesla, but one of the carmaker's original founders doesn't approve.

"In my opinion, we need to get out of the habit of thinking about all of this autonomous stuff as being connected to EVs. They're separate," Martin Eberhard, a cofounder of Tesla, told Insider. "I'd like to see people thinking about making cars that people can drive."

Eberhard, who Musk ousted as CEO of Tesla in 2007, said creating software for the electric cars to drive themselves was the least of his concerns when he was at Tesla.

"So, keep in mind that all this FSD autonomous, autopilot crap — none of that existed when I was there," he said. "We were still busy trying to make the car work and we never thought about that at all. That came later. That requires a much, much bigger budget than we had."... more
https://www.autoblog.com/2023/02/18/tesla-cofounder-calls-autopilot-and-fsd-software-crap-that-could-risk-the-carmaker-s-future/

Reminder: Even though this fElon clown is usually referred to as "Founder" of Tesla, he did NOT "Found" Tesla, he bought his way in and then actually managed to get the real "Founders" fired.

A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five – Eberhard, Tarpenning, Wright, Musk, and Straubel – to call themselves co-founders
https://www.cnet.com/culture/tesla-motors-founders-now-there-are-five/

[Silent3]

1. On the one hand, it certainly seems Tesla's AI isn't safe enough yet

On the other hand, an awful lot of advances in AI have been made since this guy was ousted in 2007, so how up-to-date is he with what's going on with this tech these days?

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2. K&R