It creates a lot of noise when he says things. Even technical people buy into it.

I’ve seen people on HN use the excuse “humans only use vision to drive”, reaffirming Musk.

We’d like self-driving to be a solved problem in some form sooner rather than later. Millions are hurt or die in cars every year. It’s ok if we “cheat” with Lidar, etc

Of course, we are ignoring the fact that people are paying extra for what they think will eventually give them self-driving.