Elon Musk says Tesla is trying to prevent robotaxis from running over cats at night
THE SO WHAT
If you’re tuning perception so robotaxis avoid cats at night, you’re acknowledging that edge‑case safety is now a product marketing surface, not just a regulatory checkbox. Any autonomy stack selling into cities will need a narrative — and telemetry — around how it handles the long tail of rare, emotionally salient events.
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