{"id":5755,"date":"2022-05-17T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/17\/what-can-we-learn-from-a-new-documentary-on-elon-musk\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T21:36:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T19:36:00","slug":"what-can-we-learn-from-a-new-documentary-on-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/17\/what-can-we-learn-from-a-new-documentary-on-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"What can we learn from a new documentary on Elon Musk?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New York Times\/FX documentary focuses on the deadly disconnect between the Tesla CEO\u2019s promises for Autopilot self-driving tech and its capability<\/p>\n

You could be forgiven for believing that we\u2019ve already achieved the era of autonomous vehicles. Tesla, the electric car manufacturer run by Elon Musk, refers to a version of its Autopilot software as \u201cFull Self Driving\u201d. The company released a (misleadingly edited<\/a>) video<\/a> of an autonomous vehicle navigating city streets, its drivers\u2019 hands on their lap \u2013 a style replicated by enthusiasts. Musk has repeatedly assured in speeches and interviews that autonomous vehicles were one to two years away \u2013 or, as he put it in 2015, a \u201csolved problem\u201d because \u201cwe know what to do and we\u2019ll be there in a few years.\u201d But the existing Autopilot technology has not yet realized those promises and, as a new New York Times documentary illustrates, the gap in expectation and reality has led to several deadly crashes.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk\u2019s Crash Course, the latest installment in the Times\u2019s deal with FX on Hulu, is not a documentary on Elon Musk, per se. The 75-minute film from producer and director Emma Schwartz focuses specifically on Autopilot, which Musk announced in 2014 and has long billed as the key to an imminent, but as yet unreached, future of self-driving cars. As Musk, the richest man in the world, mulls taking over Twitter<\/a>, the film redirects attention to longstanding problems at the company arguably most associated with his name and leadership. Through interviews with several former Tesla employees and federal regulators, the film argues that Musk oversold the capability of Autopilot, which Tesla first deployed in 2015, and dangerously lulled consumers into a false sense of security with promises of full self-driving.<\/p>\n

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\nA New York Times\/FX documentary focuses on the deadly disconnect between the Tesla CEO\u2019s promises for Autopilot self-driving tech and its capability
\nYou could be forgiven for believing that we\u2019ve already achieved the era of autonomous vehicles. Tesla, the electric car manufacturer run by Elon Musk, refers to a version of its Autopilot software as \u201cFull Self Driving\u201d. The company released a (misleadingly edited) video of an autonomous vehicle navigating city streets, its drivers\u2019 hands on their lap \u2013 a style replicated by enthusiasts. Musk has repeatedly assured in speeches and interviews that autonomous vehicles were one to two years away \u2013 or, as he put it in 2015, a \u201csolved problem\u201d because \u201cwe know what to do and we\u2019ll be there in a few years.\u201d But the existing Autopilot technology has not yet realized those promises and, as a new New York Times documentary illustrates, the gap in expectation and reality has led to several deadly crashes.
\nElon Musk\u2019s Crash Course, the latest installment in the Times\u2019s deal with FX on Hulu, is not a documentary on Elon Musk, per se. The 75-minute film from producer and director Emma Schwartz focuses specifically on Autopilot, which Musk announced in 2014 and has long billed as the key to an imminent, but as yet unreached, future of self-driving cars. As Musk, the richest man in the world, mulls taking over Twitter, the film redirects attention to longstanding problems at the company arguably most associated with his name and leadership. Through interviews with several former Tesla employees and federal regulators, the film argues that Musk oversold the capability of Autopilot, which Tesla first deployed in 2015, and dangerously lulled consumers into a false sense of security with promises of full self-driving. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A New York Times\/FX documentary focuses on the deadly disconnect between the Tesla CEO\u2019s promises for Autopilot self-driving tech and its capability You could be forgiven for believing that we\u2019ve already achieved the era of autonomous vehicles. Tesla, the electric car manufacturer run by Elon Musk, refers to a version of its Autopilot software as …<\/p>\n

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