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by ccorda 1278 days ago
The original data source of all this breaks this out into "Critical Disengagements" (CDE) and Non-Critical.

  * Critical: Safety Issue (Avoid accident, taking red light, unsafe action)
  * Non-Critical: Non-Safety Issue (Wrong lane, driver courtesy, merge issue)
That both Fred from Electrek and Taylor from Snow Bull ignore this distinction shows me their intent is less than neutral.

Looking at the original data sources [1], FSD seems to be improving over time at the metric that matters most:

  * City miles per CDE have gone from ~50 to ~120. 
  * % of drives over 5 miles with no CDE have gone from 72% to 93%.
I've been pleasantly surprised that human oversight while the software improves seems to be a viable approach. FSD doesn't appear particularly close to Waymo/Cruise at the moment, but it's not as if they are crashing left and right (you'd certainly hear about it if they were).

Personally I have it, I don't find it enjoyable to use -- but I also don't feel unsafe when using it. Highway autopilot on the other hand I find immensely reliable and valuable.

[1] https://www.teslafsdtracker.com/ https://twitter.com/eliasmrtnz1
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lastofthemojito 1277 days ago
It's sort of meta to this whole discussion, but it has been interesting to see "journalists" like Fred Lambert and the evolution of their coverage.

Fred was an early Tesla fanboy and investor; he used to gush over Tesla and Elon Musk in his writing at Electrek. It seemed like most of the time when Tesla was mentioned in an article, he also mentioned TSLA, the stock ticker...but he didn't seem to do that as regularly for say, Ford or GM.

It was rumored that Fred had a direct line to Elon and there were also occasionally public Twitter interactions between the two, but Fred gradually become more critical of Elon, especially over FSD stuff. After one critical article, Elon blocked Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fredericlambert/status/14176561698297487...

Fred certainly hasn't forgotten about it: https://twitter.com/FredericLambert/status/15186308301381795...

So, Tesla fanboy/blogger comes up with some valid criticism, Elon cuts him off, which in turn probably makes him more critical of Tesla/Elon.

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