Tesla FSD 12.4.1 is NOT what I expected…

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[fernandozenomiranda]

Extremely good and concise demo of 12.4. I really like that you don't publish immediately after an update drops. Instead you take your time and bring us a high value summary of relevant experiences at an enjoyable pace.

Other channels just cover the same roads over and over showing nothing important and because they do it quickly after the update they are not ready to show something meaningful.

This way of showing the progress gives value to our time and in return makes the video very entertaining.

This is why your sub count grows steadily. You truly have a monopoly on Tesla FSD demos. Keep up the good work.

[AdmiralAbtar]

Two lanes: Exists
12.4.1: It's free realestate

[joegeezly]

Lol that moment where it stops directly behind the reversing Tesla was a true DERP moment. Absolutely Hilarious.

[ocarina]

saw the shorts but i much prefer these longer videos; as someone without a tesla, it's good to see its evolution
EDIT: well, i suppose devolution for you

[SchoolTSNY]

Only 15 minutes of AI DRIVR after one month??? C'mon dude, we miss you!

[paulcatinean]

Your detailed technical approach to these videos and objectivity makes this channel one of the very few if not the only reliable source of FSD updates. I stopped reading any articles or viewing other videos that are just in one camp or the other trying to make a sale or push their views/feelings onto others. Thanks a lot for the content!

[blackcloud]

interesting... in Germany when turning left, you are supposed to drive into the intersection as soon as the light turns green. Obviously you still have to give the right of way to the oncoming traffic, but you are supposed to wait inside the intersection.

Obviously if theres already one or two cars waiting within the intersection you have to hold back as well.

[Mike_Malloy]

I tried FSD 12.3 for two months in Atlanta, GA. The one very annoying thing I didn't like FSD for is city driving. The potholes, manholes covers and sewer grates 2-3" below grade, FSD runs right over them like no ones business. I would drive around to avoid pothole flats or alignment issues. For this reason, I didn't upgrade from EAP to FSD. That and the fact Tesla doesn't allow me to transfer FSD to another Tesla I may buy down the road.

[jasonk]

6:12 Proceeding into the intersection keeping your tires straight is the legal thing to do: “You may enter the intersection to prepare for your left turn if the light is green and no other vehicle ahead of you is preparing for a left turn.” This is a direct quotation from the latest edition of the New York State Drivers Manual. This is also the case in California. Stop spreading false information.☹

[Luisjusthere]

Just finished my drive with the update, mine doesn’t have this lane change problem but I did see that it did much much more phantom braking. Towards the end in the neighborhood it even sensed like there was a dog on the side of the rode on the grass so it started to brake but it was this upright fallen tree branch. I will say it is definitely more aggressive when driving which is great!

[alanrkanter]

California Vehicle Code used to state (and I do not believe it's been changed) when making a left turn on a green light, you should move forward toward the middle of the intersection, keep your wheel straight and wait for a safe time to complete the turn. Waiting at the limit line as you did is NOT correct, ever. In fact, the driver(s) behind you will not appreciate it.

[benjaminkindle]

Finally a video that highlights what is better about this build! I've been hearing people say it's better, but no specifics other than the attention monitoring. Thanks!

[nickfosterxx]

Beautifully sequenced, edited, paced, narrated. As always. Still the best bulletins for FSD by far. Thank you!
It's so interesting to see the 'shape' of improvement. For a short while I thought that as it got 'great' FSD videos might become less interesting. But as the improvements become more subtle, and have to be 'spotted' this only serves to reinforce how more human it seems. (To me anyway, if that makes sense). Which is why I appreciate you holding back on the 'nag' update until 12:00 : it feels like an underscore to everything, I get it.
All the best to you and yours. And bad luck about all those bleeping lane changes.. ; (

[jellojosh]

So thankful you finally dropped a video! I watched your videos for months until I bought my first Tesla 3 weeks ago and I’ve checked for any new videos you dropped everyday! Great content!

[oscr_zen]

its crazy how it goes back and forth to being safe, then to being more dynamic, on and on, each iteration

[gotnintendo]

You and Dirty Tesla is my favorite channels with fsd videos! Keep up! It’s nice that you guys are frank in your criticism about fsd!

[UnknwnCmmand]

When I got 12.4 it was the same as your experience with lane changing. 2 other testers had the same story. All 3 of us did camera recalibration, and afterward, it was 100% fixed. Have you tried recalibration? I didn't recalibrate for any of the prior version 12+ updates. This is the only update I've had to recalibrate for it to settle back down.

[shanedk]

6:12 - Everything I looked at told me this is wrong in California. Like every other state, proceed into the intersection, wait for a clearing, and move. If you have to wait until it turns red, it isn't running the red light since you're already in the intersection. That's what the CHP told ABC-30 if you search for "Know the Road with the CHP: Do I enter the intersection while making a left turn and waiting for traffic?"

[Scott-smnm]

Appreciate the intergrity of you being up front about this.

[TheGreatestJuJu]

My guess: 🤔
12.3 was trained on Tesla employee data & very specific videos that where prescreened by humans for correct driving behavior. Less data but high quality. They were compute constrained.
12.4 was trained on a huge amount of general video pulled from fleet. This would have a mix of good driving behavior and bad. Then, they try to use quantity to weed out the bad driving training data by having the AI consider less frequent maneuvers as anomalous behavior it shouldn’t do.

Eventually enough data will be fed through that the good behavior will rise to the top. Unless, humans in general are such bad drivers that fleet data will be useless to train on. 🤔