Tesla FSD is so good its trainers won’t ride in it
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving is so ready for the future that some of the people who trained it reportedly will not get in the car.
Reuters interviewed nine former Tesla data labelers and one former self-driving engineer about FSD. Seven of the nine labelers said they would not trust the system to drive them. One former worker said they would not ride in a Tesla robotaxi “if you f***ing paid me.” Futurism rounds up the grim part: these were people whose job was to review FSD footage and help train the system on what not to do.
“We have all seen it fail,” one Tesla insider told Reuters. “Definitely don’t trust Elon on this,” the self-driving engineer concurred, referencing Musks’ declaration that the the vehicles are ready for “safe unsupervised” rides.
One erstwhile worker told the publication they wouldn’t ride in a Tesla robotaxi “if you f**king paid me.”
At least five data labelers, whose job was to comb through hours of FSD footage to train the vehicle’s software to avoid past mistakes, told Reuters they routinely saw clips of Teslas driving above the speed limit, an issue which engineers and managers treated like a low-priority compared to edge-case issues.
Those glowing recommendations come amidst concerns that Tesla’s FSD mode may never be truly safe enough for public roads.
Nothing says “ready for robotaxis” like the trainers asking for a Lyft.
Full Self Driving is a marketing term, nothing more.