Elon Musk admits that Tesla relied on ‘excessive automation,’ says ‘humans are underrated’

Elon Musk admits that Tesla relied on ‘excessive automation,’ says ‘humans are underrated’

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk meets the press at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Tesla relied too much on robots, and not enough on humans.

That’s what Elon Musk admitted on Friday, tweeting that “excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake.” Yes, excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated. Musk was responding to a tweet with a linked story about Tesla’s production delays for its highly-anticipated Model 3 sedan.

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