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Parsa Tajik, a Cybertruck owner and employee at Elon Musk’s company, xAI, reports that he recently worked a 36-hour shift at the AI startup without sleeping.
However, after this exhausting, long shift, he decided to get into his Cybertruck and drive himself home.
He writes…
“Last night I left the xAI office after ~36 hours of working with no sleep. Although I was extremely tired, I was also super energized.
Incredibly grateful to be a part of this team. Happy Thanksgiving!”
Working for 36 hours straight is quite impressive; however, the real problem started when he decided to drive his Cybertruck home.
Parsa says he fell asleep on the road multiple times during his drive and had to rely on Tesla’s full self-driving software to keep him on the road.
He writes…
“I lowkey fell asleep a few times. FSD came in clutch.”
It goes without saying, but you shouldn’t get behind the wheel after going 36 hours without sleep.
It’s understandable that Elon Musk puts a lot of pressure on his employees, and Parsa confirms this by saying he had to work 36 hours straight to meet a specific deadline.
However, mistaking Tesla’s full self-driving software for a private chauffeur can lead to tragic results.
Looking at the comments, people had different opinions on the whole situation. Tesla fans highlighted the Cybertruck’s capabilities and the impressiveness of Tesla’s FSD software.
Others, however, emphasized the danger of driving after 36 hours without sleep and trusting FSD to get you home.
Squarely in the first camp, a fellow Tesla fan writes…
“Thank goodness you got Cybertruck to drive you home with FSD v14.”
Another Tesla fan writes…
“The good news is that your car gets you home safely. Thanks to all the hard work from the team at Tesla, Tesla AI, and xAI.”
A third Tesla fan, Calvin Chen, writes…
“Parsa cooked so hard he got a Cybertruck, bullish!”
Having said that, most commenters emphasized how dangerous it is to drive after 36 hours of sleep deprivation.
The first commenter, Lux writes…
“That is profoundly reckless, on both your part and your employer's. Just saying. I understand this serves as some form of required ritual signaling for Elon and the "hardcore work culture" in general, but the rest of us see it for what it is: reckless.
You put your life and the lives of others at risk when your ongoing 36 hours of work without sleep, which is both highly immoral (except in absolute emergency situations) and likely illegal, puts you into a de facto reckless driving situation, which you admit to below in ‘lowkey’ falling asleep ‘a few times.’
There's no point to any of it if it ends up getting you lowkey wrapped around a utility pole or lowkey T-boned into a van full of a family.
It worked out this time, which is great.
Tl;dr: I wouldn't recommend rolling the dice on this one again.”
Another commenter, Jason, responds…
“This is like bragging that you drove home drunk. Being awake for 36 hours is equivalent to a BAC of 0.16%. The legal limit is 0.08%.”
A third commenter writes…
“>36 hours no sleep staring at the screen, exhausted
>Yep, time to get behind the wheel.”
A fourth commenter writes…
“Imagine you're driving home after a family Thanksgiving, and you get completely thrown off course because someone was working 36 hours in Palo Alto, leaving behind two kids and a pregnant wife.”
Overall, a lot of commenters seem to disapprove of relying on FSD to drive you home after 36 hours of no sleep. However, please let me know what you think in the comments.
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Image: Screenshot from Parsa’s post on X. Reposted under fair use copyright law.
Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.
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