Tequila Mocking Bird

Sip happens, but I’m still tweeting.

[Tequila Mocking Bird @TeqMockBird]

I am a big believer in Tesla and its FSD program but the truth is there are still significant challenges that Tesla faces and an uphill regulatory battle that cannot be ignored. I have to believe that the Tesla team is aware of ALL the regulatory and safety challenges they face. But as of today they have done nothing but project confidence, which implies that they (somehow) see a path forward. Regulators will face a lot of scrutiny approving Tesla autonomous vehicles program in it’s current form factor, considering their very different approach to autonomy. The last thing that regulators, who are responsible for safety, want is to approve a platform that could potentially result in any harm. The legislators can easily pass additional regulation that includes requirements that Tesla will have a hard time meeting. Examples: 3 years of supervised testing by approved testers, requirement for alternative sensors (LiDAR, Radar, etc.), a disengagement rate far in excess of what Tesla can currently achieve, etc.

Even if Tesla is somehow able to overcome the regulatory hurdles they face, one of the big issues I see is the inevitable weaponization of the media against their Robotaxi program. Car accidents happen all the time and it is basically guaranteed that as Tesla scales, their Robotaxis will be involved in collisions, some of which will result in bodily harm or death; that is simply a reality. The only question that should matter is: are they safer than regular vehicles with human drivers? Are they getting into more or less accidents per million miles driven autonomously? Of course, that will not be the focus of the media companies nor your everyday politicians. I can already see the headlines (“Tesla Robotaxi Strikes Pedestrian”, “Tesla Robotaxi, the Cause of a Multi-Car Collision on Interstate 9”, “Investigation Opened on Tesla Robotaxis after Multiple Vehicular Accidents Reported” , “Here is the Family of 5 that was Killed by Elon Musk’s Robotaxi and FSD Software”, etc.).

Ultimately, your average person who’s never experienced FSD before will be afraid to try it. There will be so much fear mongering out there amplified by the news that even regulators, politicians, potential customers, will be afraid and act out of that fear. Tesla needs to work hard to rebuild their brand image, restore trust (that will constantly be put to the test), and control the narrative regarding Tesla own interest in safety over expedience. Tesla’s are some of the safest vehicles on the road. They need to remind customers and non-customers alike of the extraordinary efforts they have gone through to enhance the safety of all there vehicles, far in excess of other manufacturers. In my mind, that level of interest in safety can be extrapolated to their handling of all other aspects of what they do, including their Robotaxi program and FSD software. There is still a lot of work ahead for Tesla but I truly believe it is only a matter of time before their software will be responsible for the saving of countless lives.

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@stevenmarkryan 1 share of 175 share order

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@whoisben @FoxNews 😂

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@killmer_daniel @DovySimuMMA Agreed

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@sporadica Would agree if it weren’t for the 60B move to acquire Cursor

[Penny2x @imPenny2x]

Elon saw the compute bottleneck coming before the rest of the industry.

He rushed that problem head on, and now SpaceX will profit handsomely from Claude’s success.

In an era where AI companies are cash burning machines, xAI is hyper scaling compute revenue.

If you listen carefully, he already pointed out the next bottleneck, and it is power.

Musk Industries is solving that problem by launching solar powered datacenters into space.

A true master at identifying and destroying bottlenecks.

Elon is a lot of things, but in one sentence that catches some of his essence.

It’s a simple algorithm that over time delivers the impossible.

All the best engineers know it, and that’s why they continue to flock to his companies.

You wanna change the world? Team up with Elon.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Conservative Primary Voters Excited To Choose Which Politician Will Betray Them Next https://t.co/hGKCpMCZiH

[Rep. Anna Paulina Luna @RepLuna]

The CIA has 24 hours to return the documents to Tulsi Gabbard’s office or else I will make a motion to issue a subpoena. These documents have been requested by Congress. @DNIGabbard @CIADirector

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

SAM ALTMAN “OpenAI is structured as a nonprofit because we don’t ever want to be making decisions to benefit shareholders. The only people we want to be accountable to is humanity as a whole… That’s why we’re a nonprofit.”—2017

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@niccruzpatane Ugly

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

SpaceXAI and @cursor_ai are now working closely together to create the world’s best coding and knowledge work AI.

The combination of Cursor’s leading product and distribution to expert software engineers with SpaceX’s million H100 equivalent Colossus training supercomputer will allow us to build the world’s most useful models.

Cursor has also given SpaceX the right to acquire Cursor later this year for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for our work together.

[Tequila Mocking Bird @TeqMockBird]

About damn time

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

JUST IN - Trump says the U.S. "will get all nuclear 'dust'" from Iran, and "Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!"

[@jason @Jason]

Was prepared to be cynical about @ICEgov agents at the airport, figuring it would be a continuation of the unnecessary intimidation and deliberate violence we’ve seen over the past year.

The agents were extra personable and helpful with people’s bags

They were wearing their badges and didn't have masks on.

They were smiling, engaging and respectful.

… this is clearly a brilliant strategy by President Trump to do a redemption tour for his administration and ICE.

Well done either way!

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

Step 1 in deescalation must be restraining the Israelis, otherwise all efforts to negotiate will follow this pattern:

POTUS publicly announces deescalation.

Israel takes major strikes to destroy the negotiations & in turn weaken our ability to negotiate.

The war accelerates.

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@SawyerMerritt Just wish they kept the ventilated seats and the rear screen

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

@BasedMikeLee No one who is already registered to vote needs to re-register.

Voters already on the voter rolls will be matched for citizenship via the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE).

States can use SAVE to ensure voters are citizens using the last four digits of SS.

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@Tesler914 @elonmusk Sergey Gor

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

I sincerely hope President @realDonaldTrump didn’t realise this 60-second clip he reposted last night didn’t end with the vile racist imagery of the Obamas as apes. He should delete it immediately.

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@theallinpod @chamath Aging well

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@KatieMiller @elonmusk @cb_doge Yup

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@BretWeinstein @TriversRobert @HeatherEHeying @twitter Yikes https://t.co/3VpGFSmEDT

[Lily Lynch @lilyslynch]

who's this creep