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by chiph 559 days ago
I test-drove a Model S about that time - it was hair-raising because the system would correct the cars position about a half-second after I would have. I hovered my hands by the wheel the whole time, waiting for it to careen us into a bridge abutment.

While SuperCruise is a highway only system, riding in a friend's car with it was pretty much a non-event.

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Are you comparing a system 10 years ago with a system now?
Realistically, how many chances do you think the average person is going to give the alg to drive them into an object at 70mph?

Has there been a significant customer side advancement in Tesla autopilot in 10 years? From what I can tell, all Elon has accomplished is becoming the new Prius- a sprinkling of Teslas blocking the left lane of our highways (ask any Autopilot aficionado, that’s the safest place to use it) while the human inside watches TikTok.

Why is this impressive? 6:20 human takes over and cuts to a new clip.
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99% of people claiming to be experts on how FSD can never work are doing precisely that.