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A couple of years ago the founder was super confident that he would have a fully self driving car soon, and definitely before Tesla.

A couple of months ago I read that he decided the problem is basically unsolvable and a human will always need to be involved.

He's still right about being "before Tesla" as long as Tesla never figures it out either.

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> A couple of months ago I read that he decided the problem is basically unsolvable and a human will always need to be involved.

Are you referring to the Engadget article? I understood him differently.

The copy on https://comma.ai/ has certainly changed tone from what it once was.

Now it is clearing pushing a driver-assist angle ("improves your stock ACC and LKAS," "copilot," "augment"). No mention of "self-driving," "autonomous," or the like.

Previously, it was clearly marketing a full-self-driving, no human involved system: "ghostriding for the masses," "software to make your car self driving."

It could be for liability reasons.

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