Comment on Has "Self-Driving" devolved?
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I appreciate these comments saying the tech hasn’t degraded and it’s been standstill, or that it was never great in the first place, all of which is true but I would like to interject my own Model 3 experience. When we first bought the Tesla in 2019 the self driving functionality on the highway felt safe and functional in nominal conditions. When we sold the Tesla 2 years ago (2022) the self driving felt noticably more finicky. It struggled to switch lanes, recognize when lanes started and ended, and had noticably more issues with maintaining proper speed and distance with other cars.
It probably wasn’t significantly more dangerous, but it felt like it was. What was a feature we used for the first year or two without much complaint turned into something we never used and our driving time when down in that third year not up so it wasn’t exposure time I don’t think.
ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
That’s Autopilot though, not FSD. Untill not too long ago it was still switching to Autopilot on highways where as in cities it was using an entirely different system. Nowdays the neural nets based system is used on highways too assuming you have FSD subscribtion. If not, then it’ll keep using Autopilot which is less advanced system.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
So you’re saying the less advanced system works better?
bitchkat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It does a lot less. It just keeps you in yoursne and adjusts speed. You can’t change lanes with disengaging AP.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Probably, because it’s simpler. Driving on a highway is way less complex of a task than driving in cities.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They should leave the working system in place for highways then.