Tesla Master Plan Part 4
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1. Car company (x)
2. energy company ..
3. robo taxis (by 2019)
4. robots
5. manufacturing company
Rest is hype.
ps. Google, Amazon Robotics, Hyundai/Boston Dynamics, even Nvidia are ahead of Tesla in robotics research.
As an example, in 2024 they projected a 30% increase in auto sales for 2025. Back in reality, sales thus far this year have reportedly declined by double digits.
Similar to living organisms, and unlike traditional AI, which operate in abstract digital environments, embodied AI enables robots to learn by doing.
It seems very plausible to me that the next step function change in AI is if you can connect perception, cognition, and action through direct physical interaction with the world.
But more than anything, what stands out to me is the optimism in improving life for humans as articulated by their guiding principles.
All the data in the world can't really fix FSD because driving is a dynamic activity filled with unique, constantly evolving conditions.
FSD sucks because it is poorly engineered. It has no redundancy. It is built around a single point of failure --- vision. If this fails for any reason (sunlight, darkness, rain); it is essentially driving blind.
Tesla's engineers understand this but apparently Muck doesn't --- his main skill is marketing and salesmanship (targeting investors) --- not engineering.