I think phantom braking with TACC is a function of it being alpha software. With the beta stuff (everything else), the driver is expected to always be alert and

I think phantom braking with TACC is a function of it being alpha software. With the beta stuff (everything else), the driver is expected to always be alert and intervene where appropriate, so Tesla doesn't have to be as aggressive on the safety side. As it relates to the features, I agree that they aren't ready for what most drivers expect, either because they aren't reliable enough (beta) it because they aren't confident enough (TACC). With that said, FSD is a feature set, not a level of reliability. As a whole it eventually needs to reach a level of reliability, but there's no specific time horizon. For Tesla, a feature moving from beta to alpha is what indicates reliability. In addition, that reliability may not come with the degree of confidence most people expect from a driver. Safe FSD could just end up as the AI equivalent to a student driver. It'll get you someplace safely, but there may be phantom braking, excessive waiting, and so on. If that's the case it would be nice if we could enable a beta version with more "normal" driving that we would have to keep an eye on.