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Experts Challenge Musk's Bold Self-Driving Promises

10/25/2025

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Andrej Karpathy, former Tesla leader, and Sterling Anderson, now at GM, criticized Elon Musk's optimistic self-driving claims.
Karpathy said full autonomy requires extensive work.
Anderson said GM's technology is safer than Tesla's, which faces lawsuits.
Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's VP of AI, defended the company's approach but acknowledged challenges.
Musk's goals for unsupervised self-driving and the Optimus robot face hurdles, including rising costs and production delays.

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Andrej Karpathy, former Tesla leader, and Sterling Anderson, now at GM, criticized Elon Musk's optimistic self-driving claims.
Karpathy said full autonomy requires extensive work.
Anderson said GM's technology is safer than Tesla's, which faces lawsuits.
Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's VP of AI, defended the company's approach but acknowledged challenges.
Musk's goals for unsupervised self-driving and the Optimus robot face hurdles, including rising costs and production delays.