I don't think it's a scam, it's just a really hard problem that will take years or decades longer than originally promised.

It’s a scam when you’re taking people’s money for it and it doesn’t exist and keep extending the release date.

ah, the theranos defense

The Theranos playbook would be plugging Cruise under the hood and saying it's Autopilot or FSD controlling the car.

Idk, does the job for me. Bought it to make my commute easier and it reduces the mental load required to drive in LA traffic.

autopilot != FSD

I agree that autopilot by itself, currently is still pretty valuable. What I worry about (and seems to be confirmed) is that Musk misunderstands what’s possible with the current technology and will make outrageous demands from the team, they will fuck up trying to deliver, then the whole thing will become radioactive.

I could totally see that happening. We've definitely had updates that cause more problems than help.