Recent content by lascavarian

Not to get too wonky on quality systems, but almost everything requires calibration periodically. There are many stresses - thermal, component decay, etc. My Tesla has two different tire brands on the rear. They are wearing differently. Tesla SW keeps advising me that there is a tire tread...

A large part of what we may be asking relates to human nature. Human nature requires speed limits. Human nature requires stop signs and on and on. We build a world of laws because it better than than a world of brutes and emotional manifestations of frustration, possession or egotism… If we...

There may be brilliance in exquisitely trained NNs that we cannot conceive of. There may be a level of possible behavior that is beyond most human conception. These are likely to be judged harshly by humans in our typical short sightedness and this is likely unavoidable. I offer a real...

The consumer vehicle network is mostly in place. The heavy truck charging network needs to be developed in order for high usage EV trucking to eclipse ICE trucking.

I understand the feeling of cognitive dissonance and confusion. How does this make sense! One path to consider revolves around maximizing usage. Consumer vehicles are not usage efficient. Consider a future where ice dealerships consortiums buy the SC network in totality with Tesla a...

There is a difference between “are we there?” and “can we get there?”. I could not see how a global RT design was possible but now I think there may be a path to a design that makes it possible… maybe. FSD is part of solving multiple problems. Tesla Vision NN is refining the controls (driving...

For me .6 stopped quite civilly for a flag person (holding a stop sign) for the first time. I was first in a long line entering a construction zone so no lead car. I think there was a visual also but it was tiny. FSD started haltingly when sign was flipped to “slow” and I intervened to get...

Yes, it seems a couple hundred pending for now.

Happy 420 day to those so inclined! For some it is everyday mailbox day but today it is also firmware day. Welcome 12.3.5 The quality of firmware is not strained. It dropeth as the gentle rain upon the ground beneath. It is twice blessed … etc etc etc

Running 12.3.4 for a local trip. Similar to 12.3.3, it misreads numbers on roadside signs as speed limit signs. In this case, in a 45 mph zone it dropped the speed to 20 mph for about a mile until encountering a proper 45 mph sign. The general impression was that it kept under the posted...

Wes Roth favorably reviewing reports on Grok Vision… Seems to be doing well with real world truth which fits with Optimus and FSDS.

This sign is particularly unfortunate. This surface street is 25 mph zone approaching a school zone. School zone is 15 when flashing (obscured by temporary sign in photo). Approaching via FSDS 12.3.3 speed limit bumps up from 25 to 40 about 300’ before the school zone (not honored if...

If latency can be reduced sufficiently (big if), why not use steering instead. Enhance mobility and avoid the need to emergency brake at all. Steer out of the problem beyond the ability of biological reaction time. The best emergency stop is….. well, you know.

Cathy Wood very positive on TSLA on CNBC.

I would posit that acceleration is an introduced problem. The acceleration I am encountering is novel to recent FSD IMO. Where is this coming from? It is not from millions of miles of actual data. This seems emergent or residual from something. It is almost like an artifact from using...