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Kim Komando Daily Tech Update

Tesla’s driverless gamble

23 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What milestone did Tesla recently celebrate?

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Last week, Tesla celebrated a milestone. Its first production cybercabs, the ones sold to the public, rolled off the assembly line. Meanwhile, pre-production models are being tested in Austin, Texas, Fremont, California, and some cold weather testing in Buffalo, New York. And these tests are frightening. Waymo uses modified Jaguar electric SUVs, so a human driver can easily get in and take over.

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But Tesla robotaxis have no steering wheel, no brake pedals, and no accelerators. Accidents and incidents are four times as high as human drivers. An incident means property damage only. An accident means injuries. Both are crashes. As a former Tesla owner, I assure you that its autopilot system does not work, and it's definitely not ready for taxis. Sign up for my free newsletter at GetKim.com.

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And now a clip from my weekend show, The Kim Commando Show. It's pretty much the best radio show in the world, but I may be just a little biased. Sit back and enjoy. Let's talk about saving for retirement.

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Chapter 2: Why are Tesla's driverless robotaxis considered dangerous?

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Do you have any money saved for retirement?

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Oh, of course. Do you? Yeah, almost 84 bucks. Excellent.

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But think what that's gonna be like when I retire at 105. That's gonna be something. Elon Musk says you should not be saving for retirement. No. And he's not going to be cutting you a check in case you're wondering. On the moonshots with Peter Diamandis podcast, Musk said artificial intelligence will create such an abundance of resources that anyone can buy anything that they want at any time.

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Huh? He doesn't just see universal high income in our future. He predicts major social unrest from so much change happening fast.

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Chapter 3: How does Tesla's accident rate compare to human drivers?

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I'm not following at all.

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How is the existence of AI going to let me buy a Lamborghini Countach? For free.

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How? Because you are going to have all this extra time because you're not going to be working. Right, not making money. But you'll be doing your own thing off to the side using AI making money. But you're not going to be constrained by the normalcy of going to work for a set amount of money.

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But I still need to retire at some point and not work on anything. And then I need my retirement.

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There'll be a little bit of a universal income. Just a little bit. Musk also predicted that artificial general intelligence will be here this year. Last year, he said it was last year. Okay. But this year, he says it's going to be this year. All right, well, what about next year? And then it's going to be next year. Gotcha. So AI is now getting into the drive-thru window.

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I thought this was pretty interesting. At McDonald's, AI now quickly weighs the bag before it gets handed to you in the drive-thru. because AI knows precisely down to a 10th of an ounce what a Big Mac and large fries weighs versus three regular hamburgers and fries.

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So it'll just warn the person working the window, hey, you're handing them the wrong product. Exactly. Because this doesn't match the weight.

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Now at Papa John's, AI does everything, okay? There's no person on the other end. AI will guide you through ordering whatever pizza that you want, hold the mushrooms, extra pepperoni, whatever it is, because AI is now hitting the takeout business.

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Ooh. So you're talking to a chatbot when you call in for your pizza? Yes. Don't forget the butter sauce, you computer. Butter sauce? Papa John's pizza.

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