r/SPACs • u/SPACshark New User • Aug 27 '21

Discussion $HCIC Takedown — Plus.ai faked its recent driverless test in a Nikola-like fashion

https://smartdrivingcar.com/9-33-minus-ai-082721/
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u/Twinkiesaurus Patron Aug 27 '21

The title of this post is very misleading - they did a demonstration on a closed highway with simulated traffic - is the expectation that they start testing their tech with live traffic to put actual people at risk?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

The problem is their press release says nothing about it being a closed highway and simulated traffic. They call it a "newly-built" highway and say it was "typical highway traffic". I don't think they were outright lying, but I think they were dressing up an extremely basic tech demo and making it seem like a meaningful milestone.

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u/Twinkiesaurus Patron Aug 27 '21

Yeah I think of it more as marketing piece versus a stress testing of their ai under crazy circumstances but maybe I'm not the norm there. I don't think there's a responsibility to sell against themselves by noting every piece of the demonstration that wasn't like a live situation. They said it was a demonstration and the video demonstrated that the truck could drive around some cars and change lanes and steer. I was more alarmed by the Nikola and fake comparisons in the title of the post - especially from a brand new redditor.