Tesla's per-car inference compute scaling was unprecedented — and today's compute shortage is just the tip
yunta_tsai · x · 2026-10-05
yuntatsai argues that Tesla's iterating and scaling of its own inference computers for every car sold was, in retrospect, unprecedented in the pre-superintelligence era. He contends the current compute shortage is only the tip of the iceberg: when autonomy becomes indispensable, the real shortage will follow.
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