Tesla's software is currently called "Full Self-Driving Capability", which is both a bad prediction and a lie.

Artificial Intelligence is the single most overused buzzword at the moment. Just an example among many:

"We’re building an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people communicate and connect"

https://www.grammarly.com/jobs

Compared to AI "Full Self-Driving Capability" isn't any more implausible. Yet we don't call those AI companies fraud.

This is how Tesla marketing Model 3's Autopilot. Marketing speak for sure, but lie?

"Autopilot enables your car to steer, accelerate and brake automatically within its lane. Full Self-Driving Capability introduces additional features and improves existing functionality to make your car more capable over time"

https://www.tesla.com/model3

> Tesla's software is currently called "Full Self-Driving Capability", which is both a bad prediction and a lie.

Nowhere does Tesla claim that their cars currently have the ability to do "Full Self-Driving".

They sell a package which promises, in the future, to enable "Full Self-Driving" on the associated car.

The average life of a car is 8 years or 150,000 miles. I doubt FSD will be available within 10 years.

> The average life of a car is 8 years or 150,000 miles. I doubt FSD will be available by then.

1. I don't know. I guess that's the risk people take when they buy the FSD package without a guaranteed date.

2. It's not clear to me that your average life numbers apply to Teslas.

It has the capability, it just does not exercise it.

I think this is the rub. It depends on your definition of “capable.” While technically, it’s “capable” in the sense all Teslas have sensors they claim are enough, it’s not “capable” of using those sensors for self driving if there’s no code for it.

It's a lie just as Theranos was. It might be possible one day, it isn't in the near future.

No, Theranos didn't just make promises, they said "we're doing this right now in our labs and with our partner, Walgreen".