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An Ode to Tesla's Cybercab

Austin Vernon · 27 Sept 2026

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  1. Our reading

    A robotaxi designed around individual trips, rather than an owner's long list of requirements, serves a market significantly larger than any owned car model.

    Their wordsA robotaxi is serving individual trips rather than a long list of owner requirements. The design can focus on maximizing the number of trips it can profitably do rather than handling edge cases. That market is significantly larger than any owned car model.

  2. Our reading

    Deterministic code in self-driving software looks good in demos but becomes brittle in deployment because of edge cases.

    Their wordsTesla, like most others in the space, used a lot of deterministic code that looks good in demos but becomes brittle in deployment because of edge cases.

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