Do you use AP in the city - at all ?
I'd hope not, given the Tesla Manual tells you this is absolutely prohibited. Safe drivers obey manuals, right?
Hardly useless.
I expect FSD beta to be a LOT more useful.
I keep seeing people leave detail free descriptions like this.
Exactly what will be "useful" about FSD beta beyond what AP already does? The "beta" that Tesla is so concerned will crash your car that they are only willing to give it to the "safest" drivers? If it's useful and functional, why is that restriction needed?
We assume it is not a replacement for any kind of attention (we won't know until they release a manual for it). Based on videos, it still makes many mistakes that require very fast intervention that no human would make, so it appears to need more attention than not using it. It appears to increase the complexity put on the driver, not reduce it.
Useful means you can do something you couldn't before that tool existed. How is "FSD" "Beta" useful?
(I agree it will be
very entertaining, and may be indicative of a useful product in the future, but at first release? It's just entertainment, or as some people argue, data collection for future improvements)