Comment on Elon Musk says Tesla is an AI company now. Here’s how plausible that is.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 month ago“We are a car company we sell cars. We have machine learning for self driving”
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“We are an AI company”.
It hasn’t always been an AI company. They are an automotive company suddenly shifting gears
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I guess if you think AI and car are mutually exclusive. I would have described Tesla as an AI car company.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What AI products, except their broken self driving feature, does tesla sell?
pennomi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ugh you guys can be so deliberately obtuse. Yes, if a company makes revenue from an AI offering, and spends a significant amount of their money developing that AI offering then yes, it can be considered an AI company. Just because the feature is stupid or dangerous doesn’t invalidate that accounting.
Enjoy a little nuance from time to time.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What? you entirely missed the point. you are adding nuance where none is required.
Tesla is a car company. Just because musk says “we are AI now” doesn’t just magically make it so.
I could form a company that makes shoes. Can I suddenly announce I am an AI company?
Sure, maybe I use AI in my production, and maybe even develop my own models.
But its still a shoe company.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Tesla has always invested heavily in their software. Just because it has always been shitty doesn’t diminish that it was an outsized part of their business model, especially compared to other car companies
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So wait, are you now saying they are a technology company? Can you please try and keep your mental gymnastics consistent?
Are you implying all car manufacturers are now AI or Technology companies? And are no longer automotive manufacturers?
kevindqc@lemmy.world 1 month ago
TIL the company I work at is an AI company since we develop software