The new version of FSD 12.3 is pretty damn impressive. I suspect this is because they think they will convert more people to buying the software via subscription.
Ahh, so reality is nearing the marketing lies from a decade ago, finally. Neat!
October 2014 Tesla starts equipping Model S sedans with hardware that can automate some steering, braking, and acceleration functions. Although the software is not yet active, it calls the feature Autopilot. -Consumer Reports
Autopilot, how it's sold, does not equate to "tech demo" in any circumstance, context or scenario. It's marketing garbage to sell more cars by mislabeling a feature that may exist a decade later.
Now that we're a decade later, it's still not what it was promised, but ok!
This conversation is about a different feature called FSD, of which a tech demo video was shown in 2016. My car can currently do everything that was shown in that tech demo.
Have a great day!
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This site claims 42: https://www.tesladeaths.com/
They can be difficult to classify. I don't have a link handy, but I've seen reports that FSD/Autopilot disengages moments before an inevitable accident, allowing Tesla to claim that the systems were not engaged and imply they were not at fault. I haven't seen an investigation into whether this is true and, if so, whether the system was designed for the purpose of misleading claims.
There'll be many people posting anecdotes of Tesla crashes, and in each case, maybe autopilot was a factor, maybe not. But, in reality, autopilot is just safer than average drivers. Anecdotes of autopilot failures create an emotional response, but nobody talks about anecdotes of deaths due to people driving poorly since it's such a common occurrence. So you also have an asymmetry there.
I'd love to hear a stronger anti-self-driving argument. The mainstream anti-self-driving arguments, I find, are weak. Bring it on HN!
AFAICT there has only been one Full Self Driving death.