Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo...
by LoSboccacc on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:00PM
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turbocapitalists insisting that a "maybe" relieve people from their claims is the reason why progressive countries have laws against misleading advertisements separate from contract law.
Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo...
by natch on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:05PM
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I agree with that, but saying "I think x will happen" is not the same as saying "I promise x will happen."
Keep in mind the word "promise" is being used repeatedly and emphatically on forums like this one.
Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo...
by amznthrwaway on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:36PM
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I didn't expect Musk's defenders to offer up a defense whose cornerstone is that his judgment is so poor and his knowledge so weak that it is foolish to trust even short-term predictions about his own products.
Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo...
by natch on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:05AM
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It’s not exactly how you’re reading it, but you could say bleeding edge is how he operates. When there is a 51% chance of success, he goes for it. We’re talking in the lab. For consumer products, the standards are different. A lot of his statements are about the lab versions.
Link 1: "will probably"
Link 2: "I think"
Link 3: "He said he expected…" and "It is not possible to know exactly when each element of the functionality described above will be available"
Link 4: "He predicts"
Link 5: "He thinks"
Link 6: "I think"
And in some of these he's not talking about production cars, but is talking about prototype vehicles in Tesla's development fleet.