Why you should NEVER believe Elon Musk! (part Deux)
Source: YouTube · Thunderf00t · published Oct 30, 2022 · 36:55
The video argues that Elon Musk operates like a "world-class con man," consistently making ludicrous claims about technologies like full self-driving and Mars colonization that fail to materialize while staging deceptive product demonstrations 0:00-0:06 1:41-1:47.
Key Takeaways:
• Musk promised a fully autonomous cross-country drive by 2017, but by 2022, features like Smart Summon failed to perform basic tasks without blocking traffic or misunderstanding obstacles 0:00-0:17 0:41-0:55.
• The narrator compares Musk's tactics to convicted fraudsters Elizabeth Holmes and Trevor Milton, noting a pattern of making bold claims and showcasing fake demos to deceive investors 2:44-2:52 3:47-3:56.
• Ambitious projects like the Hyperloop and Mars colonization were declared easy and imminent, yet years later, no hyperloop testing has occurred and Mars cargo ships have not landed as predicted for 2022 5:45-5:55 12:03-12:16.
• Evidence is presented suggesting Musk stages fake reveals, including 2016 solar roof tiles using non-functional props and the 2022 Optimus robot demo using edited footage to simulate non-existent capabilities 18:57-19:18 21:22-21:26.
The video concludes that while Musk's hype drives financial success, the consistent failure to deliver on promises has begun to erode public trust, evidenced by dwindling audience engagement at recent events 35:36-35:45.
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guess what year this was and you will know with certainty why you should never trust Elon Musk someone's going to sit in a Tesla without touching the steering wheel tap in New York off it goes yeah won't have to ever touch the wheel by the end of 2017. spoilers it's currently 2022 and the Elon musk's a smart summon barely works for getting a Tesla across a car come on foreign so that was a bit embarrassing it pulled up and then stopped in the middle of the road and blocked traffic so that was not good whatsoever smart summon is really cool and it needs a lots and lots of improvements so that it understands not to go in the oncoming Lane and not to block the whole Road it is embarrassing where you're trying to do this cool thing but then it just blocks the whole Road or it's just not doing …