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Just got my Tesla Y last week. Drove it on FSD. I have a fairly deep expertise in the area. Masters level work in machine vision, many years of robotics at Uni
by daly 2y ago
Just got my Tesla Y last week. Drove it on FSD.
I have a fairly deep expertise in the area. Masters level work in machine vision,
many years of robotics at Unimation, IBM, and CMU. Current hacking on LLMs.
I have programmed for 53 years.
FSD is "indistinguishable from magic".
This thing drove from my house to the destination and back without a single event.
It has never seen either path. It handled stop signs, traffic lights, country
roads, a flock of birds in the road, highway entrance/exit, directional
traffic lights, traffic merging, speed adjustments, lane changes, rain, etc.
I am beyond impressed.
As for the "safety issue", my Y has airbags on the steering wheel, knee,
and "curtain airbags" on the windows and seats. The Y has the highest
safety rating available. It won't roll over easily. The passenger compartment
is well isolated from front/rear collisions. Plus it apparently has emergency
braking if a collision is likely.
In all possible circumstances even humans get confused. Two weeks ago I had a
turkey fly across the hood of my car. I didn't know turkeys could fly. I thought
it was a boulder at first. So FSD can't be perfect. But it is damn good.