ClaimsElon Musk

“if they were just to plot the progress of the beta interventions per mile, it's obviously trending to, you know, a very small number of interventions per mile and pace of improvement is fast.”

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, on earnings call 27 January 2022 Tesla Q4 2021 Earnings Call Transcript (Motley Fool)

Factual AI capabilities

Interventions per mile in Tesla's FSD beta are trending toward a very small number and the pace of improvement is fast.

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Reasoning

'Very small number' and 'fast' are undefined, and the claim has no testable threshold.

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Elon Musk, “Interventions per mile in Tesla's FSD beta are trending toward a very small number and the pace of improvement is fast.” (said 27 January 2022). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_68d458770ac6, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_68d458770ac6

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