I have been informed by Tesla that shortly, very shortly in fact, maybe even today, maybe even as I type this, I will be offered the opportunity to upload their latest software (2025.26) for my Model 3 that will include X’s own artificial intelligence Grok.
And it will be FREE! (sorry for the tasteless caps but I wanted to show the expected enthusiasm… well, partly),
I can see it all now. I’m barreling down the I-75 past Gainesville, heading toward Orlando, and suddenly feeling wicked hungry. I press the talk button…
Will Grok decide where “your” car will go?
Will it notify your significant other when you go to someone’s house?
Will it tell the cops where you have been?
I can see California requiring Grok to notify the police whenever the car speeds, or violates a traffic rule
Will your Tesla tell your significant other where you actually were for those 2 hours after work? That you were NOWHERE near the Bass Pro or Golf World, will it tell your significant other, her / his name?
Will your Tesla share map info with your spouse’s Tesla, and take you directly to her / his house when you instruct it to take you to your “happy place” ???
No. No thanks.
If anything, my desire for vehicles is to regress to earlier editions, cause my wallet says so.
I want to see how the AI deals with hallucinations on the road. Will “I break for unicorns” result in many motorist deaths?
The grade 4 student, “The dog ate my homework, but as mom was giving me a ride to school with the Tesla, I had Grok write a replacement essay.”
Some people aspire to join the “mile high club”. Having sex in a nasty airline bathroom has no appeal to me … however having my “date” go reverse cowboy on me in the drivers seat of a Tesla barreling down the I-75 past Gainesville, heading toward Orlando, and suddenly feeling “completion” coming. I press the record button…
Sorry … I wanted to express just how absurd “smart cars” are. I continue to be plagued by the “smart car” drivers who remain stopped at green lights, because they’re playing on their giant dashboard screens as if they were on the couch at home typing on their iPad. You wanna go “high tech”? Well, I swear I’m going to install a military KILLER laser on my car and vaporize the next housewife I see holding up traffic while they catch up on what Megan and Prince Harry are doing today …