PC Magazine - USA (2020-08)

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n a typically bold statement, Tesla CEO Elon

Musk declared in July that his company’s

vehicles are on the brink of becoming fully

autonomous. This raised more than a few

doubtful eyebrows, including mine.

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or essentially complete autonomy, will happen,

and I think it will happen very quickly,” Musk

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Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. “I remain

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this year.”

Musk’s optimism is commendable and is certainly

the kind of spirit that spurs innovation. But given

the known shortcomings of deep-learning

algorithms, the main technology used in Tesla’s

self-driving features, it’s not clear how he plans to

achieve that goal.

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driving cars, where “the vehicle can do all the

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Sorry, Elon: Fully

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Vehicles Will Not Happen

Anytime Soon

Ben Dickson is a

software engineer

who writes about

disruptive tech

trends, including

artificial intelligence,

VR and AR, the IoT,

and blockchain. Ben

also runs the blog

Tech Talks.

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