Tesla prioritizes Musk's and other 'VIP' drivers' data to train FSD
Tesla gives priority to data from VIPs like Elon Musk and select high-profile drivers to train its self-driving AI, raising concerns about resource distribution. An army of annotators reviews footage to improve driving behaviors, despite some discomfort among workers.
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Tesla prioritizes data from VIPs like Elon Musk and select high-profile drivers to train its self-driving AI, with a focus on improving routes taken by these individuals. An army of human data annotators reviews camera footage to teach the vehicles human-like driving behaviors. This special treatment has raised concerns about uneven resource distribution and potential distractions from Tesla's goal of achieving true autonomous driving. The annotators meticulously analyze footage from Musk's Teslas and other VIP drivers, aiming to enhance the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving software for smoother rides. While some workers express discomfort with the initiative, others highlight the positive impact on resolving software issues. Additionally, Tesla influencers, including YouTubers, receive extra attention, with their data prioritized for analysis and improvements. The company's focus on online feedback from these drivers has led to tailored solutions for specific driving challenges, demonstrating Tesla's proactive approach to refining its self-driving technology. Despite some workers' concerns about favoritism, the strategy appears to contribute to enhancing the overall performance of Tesla's autonomous driving systems.
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3 commentsFor they are the aristocrats of our time. The rest, mere peasants and shareholders can drive themselves,and buy the stock. And be happy those prolific video makers, and musk driving up the stock price with perpetual FSD excitement.
The reality is that Waymo and Cruise use huumans in the loop, to make those businesses run, no one has magic AI - and musk will have to do the same when he launches the robotic taxi service (24/7 huumans remotely overseeing/troubleshooting the fleet).
If it works out, Tesla will eat into Uber's massive revenue - much larger than Tesla's. This will go a long way to grow Tesla's top line while EV sales are slow.
Shareholders don't need actual self driving AI cars, or honest marketing, they just need revenue growth and the stratospheric stock price - that's why our favorite car company employee is apparently getting a $44B bonus (may come in handy with any FTC,SEC,DOJ legal fees).
There are good and smart people working on AI elsewhere, tesla seems just fine as is.
(as an aside: Tesla dipping into Uber's revenue, with a tesla taxi service- might be safter bet than the simmilar strategy of Starlink dipping into Telecoms' selling of local internet access).
Just google 'Chuck left turn' and start reading to see how insane this whole situation is (and then start wondering how is this all legal...).
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