Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla FSD 12.5 is in final testing and that it will be a vast improvement over FSD 12.3.6 and 12.4.3. Elon confirmed that there are important design improvements being made to the Cybercab which will be unveiled at a delayed event. Warren Redlich and Brian Wang discuss FSD 12.5 working with Cybertruck and the billions that Tesla will make from FSD, Cybertruck, energy and more.
The world does not know and recognize it yet but within months the ChatGPT moment for Tesla will arrive and then people will recognize the world changing has started.
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The boy cried wolf too many times. I am divested of Tesla stock now.
1) Will tesla accept liability for accidents occurring while FSD is on?
2) if point above is true, how does tesla plan to cope with accidents occurring only few seconds upon FSD disengagement (I.E. When FSD puts the driver in a bad situation, but relinquishes control at the last second).
3) in case of accident with FSD engaged (and maybe when is disengaged at the last secong) there is a conflict of interest between tesla and the driver. Does tesla agree that the info recorded by the car should be transmitted in real time to third party companies for safe storage and electronic chain of custody? In case this is agreed upon can drivers select service providers of their choice?
4) as in the case above, does tesla agree by default to allow third party analyisis of the data to ascertain liability in case of accidents? Will tela always seek legal action to prevent this ptocess instead?
5) will tesla agree on a third party evaluation of statistical behaviour of FSD to verify that FSD has always the driver’s best interest as priority: for example in a “trolley problem” scenario FSD might end up “sacrificing” drivers, passengers or collateral victims of certain age or demographics because their deaths are compensated less by insurers. This is another layer of conflict of interest, and such analysis will require tesla to provide significant aggregate information to third party inspection companies. Will tesla agree to do it?
5) If FSD is safer than human drivers shouldn’t it be impossible to deactivate locally?
These are just a few questions that came to my mind and that will have to be answered in a bulletproof way before FSD becomes something more than a gimmick for few enthusiasts/early adopters willing to take all the risks (and sustain part of the costs).
All VERY good points, which I too have tried to raise in various forums including this one. Until the liability questions are answered, there can be no true FSD. There has to be FS Insurance too. What do the insurance companies have to say about FSD and are they willing to lower their rates? So far, it costs more to insure a Tesla, not less.
The emphasis on disengagement rates and incidents per mile is misplaced. No system will ever be perfect, even if it’s better on paper than human driving, and that’s debatable too, since being less predictable is an increase in risk too. FSD tends to go wrong at moments that to humans seem safe, so the hyper-vigilance required by FSD makes it just not worth it for many people, including me. Instead of monitoring the road, I would have to monitor the FSD, which is inherently more removed and dangerous.
P.S. Is AAA really the Automotive Association of America?
AAA is just my nickname, i am not linked in any way to the automotive association.
It will be yet another breathtaking breakthrough….. until 12.5.1.
And what a shock it will be. Realizing there’s a player in the car market that can replace a whole sector of human labor.
Taxis, delivery, truck drivers… soon potentially gone. Not at once, but gradually.
The second shock will be when we see humanoid robots that can navigate the real world around us and do stuff, multiplying the comfort and time available for its owners. Or allowing them levels of autonomy previously impossible. E.g. the physically disabled suddenly able to fend off for themselves without aid, the elderly able to stay at home for longer.
The frontier for human wellness will remain metal health and the fight against old age diseases and infirmities.
Sure it will happen, but not in a few months or next year. Probably in 3 to 5 years.
Says who? progress is fast. Hours of intervention free drives in many places already.