BobbyD wrote:The idea that Tesla are in any way ahead is risible.
The idea that making Tesla's precocious cruise control autonomous under all conditions is going to be easier than expanding a geo-fence, or reducing the requirements for that geo-fence is risibler.
Optimus is just another of Musk's attempts to distract from the fact that the Roadster, The CyberTruck, The Semi and a version of FSD that is actually capable of autonomous driving are nowhere in sight, despite all being many years overdue.
Then that makes Musk a pretty smart guy, because his distractions are fooling a lot of people, including Ody the Risiblessed. And calls about the dangers of A.I. are more of the same.
Musk is a brilliant man, and like most brilliant people, is easily bored. He spotted a gap in the market and has exploited it brilliantly with Tesla. Not sure I would want to be a holder of Tesla stock now, when it is at last in the cross hairs of Chinese tackling his vertical integration cost advantage, or the 'legacy' manufacturers who are capable of attending to quality and customer satisfaction in volume production.
Meantime, Musk has gone on to achieve new brilliant things with the building competitive edge in SpaceX and Starlink. I suspect this cycle will continue.