“We NOT Robot” Elon Musk Tries to Continue Deceiving America and the Rest of the World that Robots will Replace Humans
Elon Musk hosted a Tesla show in Hollywood this week attended by invitation-only spectators, mostly Tesla stockholders and enthusiasts. I am not the one calling it a "show", as Elon Musk himself told the audience "I hope you enjoy the show". Many in the media had said prior to this show that this was the most important event in the history of Tesla, because Elon Musk has been promising a "driverless" car and Robotaxi since 2016, with promise after promise of its release being delayed for about 8 years now. And while you can read what the media is reporting that Elon Musk said about the roll-out of a true driverless Robot Car, sometimes it is best to hear it directly from the horse's mouth. So I have put together a 1-minute segment where he announces when these RoboTaxis will be available. The facts are that many of Musk's competitors already have Robotaxis on the road, including Alphabet Google's Waymo "driverless" taxis, which Google has been developing for over 15 years now, and are still only in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. And even in these cities, these Robotaxis are very limited in where they can drive, and are not allowed on freeways or other busy places like airports. But do these "driverless" taxis that have been in development for a decade and a half truly operate without human beings? No. If the car gets into trouble or the passenger is in distress, they are immediately connected to a REAL human being. So that begs the question: how many human beings are required to operate a "driverless" automobile? According to reports in the media that looked at Zoox, a "self-driving" car company owned by Amazon.com, it takes about 1.5 people behind the scenes to operate a single driverless car. So where is the evidence that robots are going to replace humans?