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by allthecybers 932 days ago
I never bought into the hype of the autopilot system. I was hopeful that they’d figure out how to completely self-drive but wasn’t will to pay money for it.

My neighbor paid $10k for FSD and had the moment of summoning the car with his phone in front of the neighbors at a block party. I tried it out when I earned a few months free. After the second time it slammed on the brakes in the middle of the interstate I shut off the subscription.

The pursuit of FSD has definitely driven some compute innovation at Tesla, but the promised coast-to-coast drive without intervention just isn’t there yet.

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I treat the autopilot like every pedestrian, bicyclist and other driver in traffic: they’re out to kill me or themselves suddenly and out of the blue.

Cruise and lane control (Autosteer on Tesla) with a firm grip on the wheel and a foot tensely suspended over the speeder is still nicer than driving completely by yourself.

And the brake slam the parent refers to happens on autosteer all the time, it’s not even an issue with FSD.
Definitely not there yet but it's getting very close. Idk when it gets there if ever since thr tail is so long but the improvements over a few years ago are pretty incredible