Thank you, Douglas! I have to admit it scared me. I wouldn't turn on FSD for the rest of the drive home. When I got home, I turned off EVERYTHING automatic. But... then, I immediately missed the convenience of all these features. I'm so used to having the Tesla do so many things for me. So, I compromised and turned all the safety features to medium sensitivity and activated "auto-pilot" but not FSD. (The car kept trying to get me to turn FSD back on. Elon must really want that training data.)
I'm very passionate when it comes to all things Tesla. I love my car, but I'm very skeptical when it comes to FSD. Elon's claims we will have "unsupervised full self-driving for the Model 3 and the Model Y in the next year." All of these free trials are undoubtedly to help toward that goal. However, no amount of training data can make up for lack of sensors and LIDAR. All the training data will show is that the cameras clearly cannot see in the rain and have a terrible time with sunglare.
Although.... that being said, if... and this is a big if... AI achieves human level intelligence (Super Intelligence / AGI ) then cars could finally drive like humans. (For better or for worse, since some humans are awful drivers.) But, with "super intelligence," at least the car would be able to "see" the sun is coming in at a low angle on the right hand side and that is sun glare- not a car coming to hit us on that side. Until there is that level of advancement (or sensors), I would not have the confidence to turn on FSD again, (or trust one of the upcoming FSD-based Tesla robotaxis that has no steering or braking capabilities for the human.)
Interesting that you said "..then cars could finally drive like humans." In the wonderful movie Marjorie Prime, Marjorie (a life-like robot) says to her fellow robots, "The best way to be better is to be more human." (!)
Fascinating quote! Driving is a particular task that comes easily to humans but is difficult for AI. This is due to a number of reasons, but it comes down to our ability to adapt to novel scenarios on the road, while AI struggles with unexpected situations not present in the training data.
Thank you, very well-written and informative. Thank goodness you avoided an accident.
Thank you, Douglas! I have to admit it scared me. I wouldn't turn on FSD for the rest of the drive home. When I got home, I turned off EVERYTHING automatic. But... then, I immediately missed the convenience of all these features. I'm so used to having the Tesla do so many things for me. So, I compromised and turned all the safety features to medium sensitivity and activated "auto-pilot" but not FSD. (The car kept trying to get me to turn FSD back on. Elon must really want that training data.)
I'm very passionate when it comes to all things Tesla. I love my car, but I'm very skeptical when it comes to FSD. Elon's claims we will have "unsupervised full self-driving for the Model 3 and the Model Y in the next year." All of these free trials are undoubtedly to help toward that goal. However, no amount of training data can make up for lack of sensors and LIDAR. All the training data will show is that the cameras clearly cannot see in the rain and have a terrible time with sunglare.
Although.... that being said, if... and this is a big if... AI achieves human level intelligence (Super Intelligence / AGI ) then cars could finally drive like humans. (For better or for worse, since some humans are awful drivers.) But, with "super intelligence," at least the car would be able to "see" the sun is coming in at a low angle on the right hand side and that is sun glare- not a car coming to hit us on that side. Until there is that level of advancement (or sensors), I would not have the confidence to turn on FSD again, (or trust one of the upcoming FSD-based Tesla robotaxis that has no steering or braking capabilities for the human.)
Interesting that you said "..then cars could finally drive like humans." In the wonderful movie Marjorie Prime, Marjorie (a life-like robot) says to her fellow robots, "The best way to be better is to be more human." (!)
Fascinating quote! Driving is a particular task that comes easily to humans but is difficult for AI. This is due to a number of reasons, but it comes down to our ability to adapt to novel scenarios on the road, while AI struggles with unexpected situations not present in the training data.