After 99% FSD Driving for some months, Switching Back to Manual Exposed a Terrifying Truth

Using FSD for 99% of my driving has me going through a psychological transition. When I do disengage and drive manually, I am so much more aware of how limited my awareness actually is. I feel a sense of vulnerability that I didn’t even realize existed before I became used to relying on this tech.

It’s also insane to think about how much inconsistency and unpredictability there is on the road at all times between each individual driver. Every human is different. At any given moment, each person’s energy and emotional state is in flux. Some of us are driving to work on a full night’s sleep, others are on their way home from a graveyard shift. Some of us are drunk or exhausted or emotionally distressed or angry. The variability from vehicle to vehicle is insane.

The road is full of experienced drivers, inexperienced drivers, good drivers, completely horrible drivers, etc. it’s pure chaos, but we’re so accustomed to it that we don’t even ponder how insane it is.

FSD is 8 cameras and neural nets, working at same level of awareness and performance at all times, with constant 360 vision across every millisecond. Even today, the neural nets have seen more driving than any of us would in our entire lives even if we drove around the clock daily. If every car on the road used this technology simultaneously, there would be complete harmony on the road at all times. No drunk driving, no tired driving, no distressed driving, no inexperienced driving. It’s such a no brainer.

This is such a major problem that results in so much unneeded loss of life. It’s almost solved.