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Astonishing Moments With FSD 12 Revealed - Uncanny Ability To Drive Like a Human

Tesla's FSD has done some astonishing things over the last few months. Here's the top 5 scenarios that showed just how human-like it has become.
Astonishing Moments With FSD 12 Revealed - Uncanny Ability To Drive Like a Human

5 Times Tesla FSD 12 Astonished Us

Tesla's FSD 12 is a big upgrade from prior versions, and the car is driving more human-like than ever. Here are 5 instances that Tesla FSD showed astonishing driving behavior very similar to a human:

  • Parking lot navigation and obstacle avoidance
  • Taking a U-Turn at a dead-end and waiting for pedestrians and dogs
  • FSD using situational context to choose where it can see best for a turn
  • Anticipating traffic flow at a traffic crossing
  • Being polite and allowing another car to enter and pass
  • Bonus: Possibly taking in gestures of other people to continue on

Parking lot navigation and obstacle avoidance

In this situation, a Tesla FSD user was driving in a parking lot and the car navigated around cars and shopping carts in order to go to the entrance to the Walmart and park.

In the future, this would be how a robotaxi would work - dropping you off at your destination and when you get out, continuing on to find others to take on a ride - preferably at the same location where it dropped you off for efficiency.

Taking a U-Turn at a dead-end and waiting for pedestrians and dogs

Chuck Cook was driving in Tesla FSD 12.3 and hit a dead end in the city. Normally, the car would just stop at the dead end and need intervention.

He decided to wait for the car to see if it would continue on after he saw some people and dogs and realized that the car was waiting for the people, dogs, and another person that was walking.

He didn't touch the accelerator on the car and thought it was stuck, but it seemed to be waiting for the other people and dogs.

The function of the car doing that is necessary when the car gets itself in a bind or stuck.

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FSD using situational context to choose where it can see best for a turn

In this case, the car was at an intersection where it had to turn left and there was a large oak tree on the right.

Had the car driven up all the way to the creep line, it would have been blocked by the tree.

Instead, the car stopped just behind the tree so it could see in both directions properly. The prior version of FSD, version 11, would have creeped forward every time without being able to notice the large tree blocking the right side traffic view.

Anticipating traffic flow at a traffic crossing

In a video from AI DRIVR, Tesla's FSD saw an approaching car that was going to go through a traffic funnel and only one car at a time could get through. Seeing this, the car slowed down and moved over to the right, so the other car could go through.

This made for a seamless transition and both cars didn't have to stop at all. The Tesla was able to recognize this pattern and this had to have come from training video.

Being polite and allowing another car to enter and pass

On a busy city street, Tesla's FSD was in a line of cars, and there was a spot on the right with a car getting ready to merge into traffic.

The car stopped before the opening, allowing the other car to move in front and continue on.

This shows courtesy and really helps the traffic flow without any issue.

Bonus: Possibly taking in gestures of other people to continue on

Dirty Tesla's car was driving in the city and there was a car on the right with a woman standing next to it.

His car slowed down - likely in case the woman was going to cross the road. However, she simply raised her hand and pointed to her car to show she was going to get in.

At the exact same time, his car continued driving forward. Did his car recognize the gesture from the woman who was getting in her car? You be the judge.

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What do you think about these moments of Tesla's FSD software version 12? Is it becoming more human like?

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