Knightshade
Well-Known Member
I first rode in a Tesla using FSD back in 2014
No, you did not.
, and I was "driving" with it on LA freeways in 2015. They called it "Autopilot" back then because
....It was a completely different product that had nothing to do with FSD.
that's the obvious name for a car that self-drives
Except, it's not.
As any actual pilot would understand.
Autopilot is an ADAS in aircraft- it must always be supervised by an actual, qualified to control the vehicle, human.
Just like autopilot in a Tesla.
it's absolutely NOT FSD.
and it already had most of today's current capability, including the ability to change lanes.
Again- not remotely no.
It had a single forward camera. It had 0 blind spot detection other than the super-short-range ultrasonics. It had 0 ability to recognize or react to stop signs, stop lights, or handle intersections, exits, or highway exchanges of any kind.
They backtracked many years later by inventing the term "FSD" to retroactively downgrade the initial "Autopilot" aspirations as unachievable dead-ends.
Again- no.
Understanding Tesla's self-driving features: The Autopilot
Self-driving cars are a popular topic of discussion and the times of Google singlehandedly spearheading the effort seem long gone with...
electrek.co
That's a story from mid 2015 where they explain what AP introduced in late 2014 is right then- and when it intends to be in the future. Note this in particular:
it is not meant to ever be a fully self-driving car
It promises NONE of the features I just listed as FSD having but AP1 never did.
They didn't "retroactively" create FSD to describe features promised to original AP- they never promised those things because the HW was never remotely going to be capable of them. How would a car with nothing but a single forward camera and a single low-res forward radar ever handle intersections for example? It can't see oncoming traffic to the sides.
IOW, I concur with:
Your concurrence appears based on you "remembering" a lot of things that aren't actually true though.