I did too. But now that it looks as if it was a paid infomercial for Luminar

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Mark Rober is getting slaughtered on the socials for his dishonest Tesla video

whoneedscorners?

Mar 17, 8:07pm

Rightfully so

BYU Superfan

Mar 17, 8:10pm

this after he admitted some of his glitter bomb videos were staged too.

BYUFBDAD

Mar 17, 8:13pm

Their stock went up over 25% when he posted the video

whoneedscorners?

Mar 17, 8:16pm

He’s had other bad ones too.

Adwight

Mar 17, 8:23pm

Tragic

BaseCoug

Mar 17, 8:24pm

His one with Bill Gates was another one of his inaccurate videos.

greatbam

Mar 17, 8:35pm

See also: myth busters

Skeptical Optimist

Mar 17, 8:40pm

Are there any YouTube videos of Tyson doing experiments?

Undefeated

Mar 17, 9:22pm

No. Talking out of his rear end? Absolutely.

Adwight

Mar 17, 9:27pm

What a bum. That’s lame of him

palangi

Mar 17, 8:14pm

What is he saying about Tesla

Stucoug83

Mar 17, 8:16pm

In the video, he made a huge printed thin wall that looked like the road ahead and the Tesla couldn’t tell that

KingDave

Mar 17, 8:20pm

So where was the dishonesty? Just curious.

Yukon

Mar 17, 8:22pm

Don’t know. This thread is the first I’m hearing of the dishonesty.

KingDave

Mar 17, 8:23pm

He said he had FSD activated but it disengages right before he hit the wall

whoneedscorners?

Mar 17, 8:25pm

Did he say FSD mode? I just watched it again and he's saying Autopilot which to my understanding is Tesla's..

greatbam

Mar 17, 8:37pm

It’s a well known problem that autopilot will disengage right before an accident

Yiowa

Mar 17, 8:38pm

A few issues, but the main problem was he said it was on Full Self Driving

BYU Superfan

Mar 17, 8:25pm

The video was obviously sponsored by Luminar and bashing on Tesla.

Adwight

Mar 17, 8:31pm

Yikes. Maybe he should do a video on conflict of interest and bias in scientific research.

KingDave

Mar 17, 8:36pm

He was using an outdated program + disengaged the system he said he was testing

vagabonder

Mar 17, 8:31pm

He tested his car, not the latest Tesla or system and people are upset. He’s a

Malathion

Mar 17, 9:22pm

People thinking Disney would be mad at him is funny. He showed he researched

Fatalplacebo

Mar 17, 9:53pm

he was using very old Autopilot technology in the Tesla, not the newest stuff.

BYUFBDAD

Mar 17, 8:25pm

link from Forbes

BYUFBDAD

Mar 17, 8:27pm

also, behind the wall the Tesla supposedly couldn't see, he had a kid mannequin

BYUFBDAD

Mar 17, 8:29pm

LOL, did you actually watch the video? The first 5 scenarios (including ones in

russkiejedi

Mar 17, 9:46pm

LOL, how does that change what I wrote? LOL

BYUFBDAD

Mar 17, 11:19pm

I enjoyed the video

archie

Mar 17, 8:19pm

I did too. But now that it looks as if it was a paid infomercial for Luminar

jrifkin48

Mar 17, 8:38pm

when they're driving into the spray, the driver is wearing a Luminar t-shirt

BYUFBDAD

Mar 17, 9:05pm

95% of the people who watch his videos are not going to even think about Luminar

robin

Mar 17, 9:06pm

I watched it thinking Tesla technology stinks and buy a car with LIDAR

jrifkin48

Mar 17, 9:16pm

i agree it was a comparison of the technology between lidar and cameras, but

robin

Mar 17, 10:12pm

Luminar stock jumped when the video was released

Skeptical Optimist

Mar 17, 9:18pm

As he should. He sold out.

Adwight

Mar 17, 8:19pm

He was either duped by Luminar or paid and knew what he was doing

jrifkin48

Mar 17, 8:34pm

Seems like a paid and knew what he was doing. Seems to me there's other videos where he's done this before.

greatbam

Mar 17, 8:39pm

Did anyone else catch the random ef bomb he drops in the vid?

Ten_Hour_Drives

Mar 17, 8:25pm

He said fudge.

Eog

Mar 17, 8:39pm

It sounded very much like ef word on yt to me

Ten_Hour_Drives

Mar 17, 8:55pm

In the clip he posted on X he said fudge

Skeptical Optimist

Mar 17, 8:41pm

Also on his official video they make it look like he said the “s” word

Yukon

Mar 17, 8:56pm

Does it really matter that he dropped the F-word?

Fatalplacebo

Mar 17, 9:15pm

You guys are nuts.

russkiejedi

Mar 17, 9:47pm

Who files the first lawsuit: Disney or Tesla?

Skeptical Optimist

Mar 17, 8:42pm

that Disney thing was lame, there are times you could ride Space Mountain with

BYUFBDAD

Mar 17, 8:52pm

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