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Tesla Optimus Bots Were Remotely Operated at Cybercab Event

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217 points mfiguiere | 4 comments | 14 Oct 24 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.783s | source
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TeeWEE ◴[15 Oct 24 02:54 UTC] No.41844476[source]▶
This results in me trusting Tesla less.

If this was fake, how do we know the robovans were not remotely operated? They might as well be too to get the stock price up?

There is no way to know. I am really doubting Tesla now. It wouldn’t surprise me that, in order to prevent mishaps during the event, everything is remotely operated…

People will say: that’s not true. But where did Tesla clearly specify this upfront?

I saw the initial fullscreen disclaimer. But that might also apply to the robovans right?

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skeledrew ◴[15 Oct 24 04:14 UTC] No.41844881[source]▶
No need for doubt. There's no reason to remotely operate the van since it's a vehicle like the car, and it is already known that they have mostly functional FSD from the many owners driving Tesla cars these past years.
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1. IntelMiner ◴[15 Oct 24 04:47 UTC] No.41845040[source]▶
>mostly functional FSD from the many owners driving Tesla cars these past years

Given the staggering amount of mishaps that have been showcased, I would dispute this

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2. tim333 ◴[15 Oct 24 12:48 UTC] No.41848009[source]▶
Also they still have drivers in the Las Vegas tunnels I think which is something crying out for automation.
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3. consteval ◴[15 Oct 24 19:00 UTC] No.41851945[source]▶
The Las Vegas tunnels are crying out to be destroyed and replaced with something less stupid.
4. skeledrew ◴[15 Oct 24 19:46 UTC] No.41852388[source]▶
Yes there have been many mishaps, a large portion caused by owners not following instructions, such as to pay attention to the road. But all those mishaps still don't hold a candle to how many mishaps happen daily due to human error/negligence. And the rate of automated mishaps have steadily decreased over time as the fleet learns (unlike with humans), making amount of mishaps an invalid metric.