Comment on Elon Musk says Tesla is an AI company now. Here’s how plausible that is.

• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wow, if only something can be two things at once! But no, that’s impossible!

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      • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fantastic reply. 10/10. Really adds to the discussion.

        I hope the rest of your day is as lovely as your personality

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      • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Musk is saying it is one thing, not two things.

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• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    always invested heavily in their software

    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?

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    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why must tech company and car company be mutually exclusive? Certainly the amount of technology (including ML) present in cars has increased exponentially in the last decade.

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      • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because they do not produce and sell independent AI technology

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  • kevindqc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TIL the company I work at is an AI company since we develop software

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    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So they develop ML software, models, or algorithms?

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