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It's a little complicated on this front. We (Atom) don't get the high fidelity manual park assist as an option, and no such visualization that I've seen yet. However, I've noticed that when I use the new auto-parking, it does have some novel rendering going on that looks like a grey blobby...

FWIW, I'm still very positive on 12.x so far. I've been letting it drive a ton. I can nitpick lots of minor issues but bottom line is it's safe, it hasn't curbed my wheels, and it will eventually get me there. The closest thing I've seen to wheel damage is it ignoring common potholes on the...

Couldn't they train a very small net to detect for the haze and other such camera issues and then report the issue on screen and recommend servicing?

I think robotaxi reveal will be a more mini-bus-shaped vehicle built on the same platform and technology as the Model 2. Probably just a prototype one-off build. I think that, software-wise, they're still aiming to give all the AP3+ vehicles L3-4 capabilities first. To be clear, by L3 I mean...

So, I think the "head fake" maneuver for lane changes has been documented already: sometimes when it wants to change lanes in front of an oncoming car that's getting close, it noses over the line just a little and right back, apparently to gauge their reaction. If they back off, it goes and...

Yeah, I think in hindsight it's pretty clear that Cybertruck was a bad idea all around. It doesn't really live up to its hype and it took way too many resources away from other more-important goals (like Model 2 + Robotaxi, further battery developments, software investment in FSD, etc). It...

Yup. I have a Model Y that's technically a "2022" year-model. It was delivered to me as a new vehicle in Dec '21, and it has the older ARM chip (MCU 2). As a new customer, I had no idea about these details of course, or I would've rejected it and waited on an AMD model. The car is only ~2.5...

On the sub-debate about reaction times (context: I used to be a track junkie at instructing at DE events): What I heard in various classrooms when I was coming into that world was along the lines of roughly ~200ms for a conscious decision loop and action by someone that's fully focused on the...

Where does that figure come from? Most disengagements aren't safety-critical anyways, in my experience. Mostly comfort issues, not getting honked at, or missing a turn which would then add travel time on re-route. None of those things really have to be perfect to get the job done in a basic...

Honestly, I think V12 with ASS/Banish, a few more rounds of input data, and a few tweaks (e.g. don't take off like a rocket from every stop sign, etc) is already pretty close to an L3/4 candidate if they want to go there. Maybe not L5 yet. It doesn't always do things the optimal way, or the way...

Had a second, longer drive on 12.3 just now, all non-highway. Still very impressed overall. Aced a whole lot of complex decisions in traffic at intersections. So far it has especially been absolutely killer at every 4-way and 2-way stop intersection I've tried: it knows when to go and is...

I finally got 12.3 (from 11.4.9) late last night. HW3 MY. Took it for a spin this morning, neighborhood grocery run, etc. I am thoroughly impressed so far. Overall, it's amazing and a huge step change from 11. Very natural control inputs, very human-like decision making in complex scenarios...

Yeah but even then, in the past there's been a wavy pattern to it. It will ramp up for a couple days, drop off for a day, then ramp harder for another day or two, then off a day or two, then go all out, or something like that. I think we're now in the first dip.

Just to put something more concrete into this neverending debate, in the hopes of fostering some understanding: Even if Tesla hypothetically disabled all driver monitoring on our current FSDb 11.x (or a driver perfectly defeated all the monitoring), there are definitely situations that occur...

I actually think that argument has merit. Not only are all the human-built objects in our world designed by and for humans, but you can even stretch to the slightly-more-tenuous argument that humans and the natural world co-evolved, making the human form more uniquely-suitable (than, say, a...