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I own two Tesla vehicles with FSD. One misconception by people without experience with Tesla is that it is not Human vs. Machine. Rather it is Human AND machine

I own two Tesla vehicles with FSD. One misconception by people without experience with Tesla is that it is not Human vs. Machine. Rather it is Human AND machine. In other words we are not at the point where the car drives itself, rather the Human also must be engaged all the time so each system backs up the other. The Tesla system does allow for the Human to switch focus for a couple moments to change the music or read a text message which in a normal car just means the Human is distracted for a moment. The Tesla system is definitely not fully self driving by any means. I have experienced numerous times wher the car has reacted in strange ways or simply canceled self driving and told me to take over immediately. As a result I don’t trust it very much and I pay as much attention when the car is driving as when I am driving alone. The vehicle also forces constant interaction as it drives to reinforce that point. I am not surprised that “human + machine” is better than just human alone.

maxerickson 5y ago
That may be a common misconception, but lots of the criticism is about the attention system not working all that well (they've improved this I think), and about the cartoonishness of advertising the feature as "Full Self Driving" without that being the case.
symlinkk 5y ago
If you have to be constantly attentive anyway what’s the point? Just seems like a gimmick right now
- Arnt 5y ago
  The point, whatever it is, seems to result in a considerable improvement, counted as 10× by the report in question. I didn't read the actual report. Are the changes even across types of accident? Specifically, does it count and report a 90% reduction in the number of pedestrians and bicyclist run over?
- TheCraiggers 5y ago
  He explained the point. Just because the system can't drive me to work while I get an extra hour of sleep doesn't mean it can't prevent a car crash while I'm trying to find the right Steve to call in my contacts list. The car is dumb, but always on. Humans are smart (well, relatively) but easily distracted. Both sides compliment the other.

maxerickson 5y ago

That may be a common misconception, but lots of the criticism is about the attention system not working all that well (they've improved this I think), and about the cartoonishness of advertising the feature as "Full Self Driving" without that being the case.

symlinkk 5y ago

If you have to be constantly attentive anyway what’s the point? Just seems like a gimmick right now

Arnt 5y ago
The point, whatever it is, seems to result in a considerable improvement, counted as 10× by the report in question. I didn't read the actual report. Are the changes even across types of accident? Specifically, does it count and report a 90% reduction in the number of pedestrians and bicyclist run over?
TheCraiggers 5y ago
He explained the point. Just because the system can't drive me to work while I get an extra hour of sleep doesn't mean it can't prevent a car crash while I'm trying to find the right Steve to call in my contacts list. The car is dumb, but always on. Humans are smart (well, relatively) but easily distracted. Both sides compliment the other.