Elon Musk, the boss of a car company called Tesla, wants people who have his cars to try out a special driving helper called Full Self-driving software. He says it's amazing and will make driving easier and safer. This software is not yet ready to drive by itself, but it can help the driver a lot. Musk believes that soon, Tesla cars will be able to drive all by themselves without any human help. To get more people to try this software, Tesla has made it cheaper and even gave some customers a free trial for 30 days. Read from source...
1. Musk is overconfident and unrealistic in his claims about Tesla's full self-driving software (FSD) being able to solve autonomy for vehicles soon. He seems to be underestimating the technical challenges and ethical issues involved in developing fully autonomous cars that can safely operate on any road condition and interact with other agents without human intervention.
2. Musk is using FSD as a marketing tool to increase the take rate of its software among Tesla customers, by offering free trials, price cuts, and demonstrations. He is not being transparent about the limitations and risks of FSD, which may lead to false expectations and complaints from customers who find out that FSD is not as reliable or capable as advertised.
3. Musk is also using FSD as a way to distract from Tesla's poor financial performance and declining stock price, by shifting the focus to its future potential rather than its current reality. He is relying on alien analogies to suggest that nothing can stop Tesla from achieving autonomy, even if he gets kidnapped by extraterrestrials. This is a irrational and emotional argument that does not address the actual challenges facing Tesla as a company.