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It just seems like this whole endeavor is solving the wrong problem. Building a self driving car is like making a faster horse. Individual cars on roads is incredibly inefficient and even EVs have a huge negative impact on health and air quality from tire and brake dust.

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I think it should be obvious that the FSD thing is and has always been an attempt to boost Tesla's appeal and stock valuation. Right now it really seems like the company is playing chicken with regulators so that they have a plausible target of blame and an excuse for not releasing a feature they claimed was almost ready _years ago_ and sold to people which is quite obviously not even close to ready. It's a pretty common strategy in scams.

But it’s a problem that can be addressed at the individual level, rather than requiring large societal shifts like a move to more public transportation would. As much as I love the idea of easy-to-use public transport, the changes in US society needed to make that happen are unlikely to come in the next 5-10 years.

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