Tesla uses robotaxi sensors at training time but then the AI is trained and they remove the training wheels for vision only deployment.
Karpathy believes Tesla is ahead of Waymo. Waymo has a hardware problem while Tesla has a software problem.
I believe Waymo also has business model and scaling problems.

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Funny how OpenAI helped foster alternatives and open weights AI by forcing Meta and Musk’s hands into making their own stuff and release it.
And now with their own tech lead exiles, trying their hand with their own billionaire startups.
I confirms that there’s no worse menace for the king than those in the inner circle.