What's 'Tesla level' AI? Is it just their dangerously misnamed 'self driving' tech that's really just adaptive cruise control that every manufacturer has?

Agreed, but they are a leader in industrial design and user experience design, so they might have some really compelling concepts for the interior/exterior design, ergonomics, storage, seating, user interface, etc.

Their problem with Siri is that their stance on privacy gets in the way in this regard. They won't mine and use the massive amounts of data that they need to train their AI.

To your point; that does mean they probably won't have as good a driver assist system as others because to do so would mean they would have to keep tabs on where and how people drive.

Apple had no problem recording Siri conversations until The Guardian called them out on it.

The job of a car today is to move people from one place to another. AI is not yet required for an MVP.

haha, totally agree on this one!