Still Waiting for Elon's Blog Post on Autopilot Update...

[Stoneymonster]

I have a feeling that something is up and it's not that rocket crash. I suspect some AP feature may potentially be deferred and Elon Musk wants to have more visibility before blogging on this.

I think it is entirely the SpaceX incident which is a huge threat to their future if not properly handled. Elon is probably spending a lot of time on the phone to future customers, dealing with the demands of the involved customers, not to mention staying involved in the investigation.

Have a little patience.

 

[K-MTG]

Elon must have been busy watching the iPhone 7 Keynote

 

[Blu Zap]

Funny how iPhone product upgrades have been around the same time as Tesla firmware major updates. Something is there.

 

[Dborn]

It must be a VERY long weekend, in the US of A!!
I have no doubt that the Space x thing is a major cause, but one has to wonder whether engineering waylaid him and told him to hold back.
Otherwise, I am certain he could have delegated the task, and simply vetted the result, a matter of minutes of his time.
Basically, other than enthusiasts, this kind of thing shoots up his reputation and certainly does nothing for the share price.

 

[whitex]

Hopefully this thread can be bout the blog and not yet another dissertation about Elon and his management style etc etc etc etc etc etc. Please keep it about the blog on this thread!!!

No promised blog entry to focus on, hence people focus on the lack thereof.

 

[whitex]

I think it is entirely the SpaceX incident which is a huge threat to their future if not properly handled. Elon is probably spending a lot of time on the phone to future customers, dealing with the demands of the involved customers, not to mention staying involved in the investigation.

Have a little patience.

Except that SpaceX incident happened AFTER the initial deadline Elon set for himself. Maybe reading Elon this thread has caused the delay too.

 

[whitex]

It must be a VERY long weekend, in the US of A!!
I have no doubt that the Space x thing is a major cause, but one has to wonder whether engineering waylaid him and told him to hold back.
Otherwise, I am certain he could have delegated the task, and simply vetted the result, a matter of minutes of his time.
Basically, other than enthusiasts, this kind of thing shoots up his reputation and certainly does nothing for the share price.

Did Elon say which weekend? There are plenty of weekends left before the Sun goes supernova swallowing the Earth.

 

[Skotty]

Did Elon say which weekend? There are plenty of weekends left before the Sun goes supernova swallowing the Earth.

I believe the Earth gets swallowed during the red giant phase. Furthermore, supposedly the sun isn't massive enough to go supernova. I think it's supposed to become a white dwarf.

It should be noted that the habital zone supposedly creeps outward as the sun ages and before it becomes a red giant; Earth should fall out of the habital zone and Mars should be in the habital zone before the red giant days. So putting people on Mars should be an expected outcome if we assume our civilization isn't ended by other means and that we haven't found a way to escape our biological bodies. Elon just wants to do it sooner rather than later.

 

[Krugerrand]

I believe the Earth gets swallowed during the red giant phase.

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Adding 'funny' vote because the system only allows me one choice (which I think is totally limiting and cramps my style).

 

[Stoneymonster]

Except that SpaceX incident happened AFTER the initial deadline Elon set for himself. Maybe reading Elon this thread has caused the delay too.

A fair point, but I don't think we can read the tealeaves to extrapolate to "AP has a problem".

 

[Bladerunner]

Thursday is my bet for the blog entry and November for actual V8.0 release, V8.1 in March earliest

Too optimistic?

 

[Sir Guacamolaf]

Here is the summary of the blogpost -

Tesla: 8.0 is awesome because technicalspaceballsthatyouwon'tunderstandbutwillcommentaboutanyway.
TMC: Tesla sucks/rocks, but we trust in God Elon.

HTH

 

[BobbyKings]

Most likely Elon will keep some sweeping news until just before the Paris auto show in October.

To make all EV concept cars on that show already outdated even before they hit the streets.

 

[Mike K]

Ok, even I'm going to go back on my original comments and say this is kind of ridiculous. I'm cool with it not dropping but at least acknowledge that it's delayed. It's really poor optics to say you're going to do it, miss the deadline, say the deadline is pushed back and then just allow another week to pass without so much as another excuse.

I love Elon. I have a serious businessman crush on Elon but he really does need a handler to slap him on the hand sometimes and say no, don't do that. And not even because I really care about what he's going to announce but I care about the company and the optics of this for buyers and investors alike aren't good. He needlessly makes himself an easy target of criticism.

 

[3Victoria]

1. Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk Sep 1
   Finishing Autopilot blog postponed to end of weekend
   
2. Tim Urban ‏@waitbutwhy 1h1 hour ago
   @elonmusk I've rubbed off on you. Sorry.
   

Elon MuskVerified account‏@elonmusk
@waitbutwhy It's been a little crazy lately

 

[Mike K]

1. Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk Sep 1
   Finishing Autopilot blog postponed to end of weekend
   
2. Tim Urban ‏@waitbutwhy 1h1 hour ago
   @elonmusk I've rubbed off on you. Sorry.
   

Elon MuskVerified account‏@elonmusk
@waitbutwhy It's been a little crazy lately

The date is September 1st. That would be the end of last weekend. Bupkis since then.

 

[3Victoria]

Last two tweets are today. (the first one is for context).

Elon Musk on Twitter

 

[Ubbe]

I see Elons announcements as just stating his intentions, and if some bigger/more important stuff comes in the way it may fall to the wayside. But he obviously honestly is wanting to make his intentions into reality, but the order and timing might not come about as said.

He's excited about every project planned/performed and want to share the excitement with everyone that cares. I think that is commendable.

But, stuff happens. I can just see to myself: I have wanted for the longest time to make some shelves for our shoes so they just don't lie in a big pile on the hallway floor. But I've had a bunch of other smaller but more pressing or cooler stuff to tend to so the shelves had to wait.

When I get around to it though, there will be the awesomest shelves in history, I tell you!

So take my small world projects and multiply them by a million awesome units, and you'll have Elons share of stuff...

And, mind you, they have delivered long range (comparatively affordable), *compelling* electric cars (and charging infrastructure) way way earlier than the rest of the auto industry. In fact, we are still waiting for the rest of the auto industry to do *anything* coherent and substantial.

A blog post being delayed for a week or two is not that big of a deal in that setting, -it is still happening, or something cooler will. I'd rather see that Elon shares his plans and excitement and maybe misses a "deadline" than keeping mum or just speaking about vetted mundane middle-of-the-road stuff.

 

[ggnykk]

What he meant by crazy lately? Here is the explanation: He found out lately that the recent news about Russian scientists detected signal from UFO is for real. Busy talking to the aliens now, and asking them why humanity is in their simulation. In the work of getting a good translator that speaks the same language. Questioning on whether we need to colonize Mars after all since the humanity simulation will end someday anyway. He got very disappointed on the thought that he won't be able to use his Iron Man metal suit to fly to Mars again. What Auto-pilot software update? It is on the back-burner now. ;-)

 

[Camera-Cruiser]

What he meant by crazy lately? Here is the explanation: He found out lately that the recent news about Russian scientists detected signal from UFO is for real. Busy talking to the aliens now, and asking them why humanity is in their simulation. In the work of getting a good translator that speaks the same language. Questioning on whether we need to colonize Mars after all since the humanity simulation will end someday anyway. He got very disappointed on the thought that he won't be able to use his Iron Man metal suit to fly to Mars again. What Auto-pilot software update? It is on the back-burner now. ;-)

Works for me.