Former US Navy commander Chuck Cook Friday as detailed as the test of Tesla Inc‘s self-driving software in his Jacksonville, Florida, neighborhood has left people worried about a potential cult.
What happened: Cook said in a post on They began texting each other about potential reasons and causes, including suspicions of a cult, and considered whether to call the police to report the “suspicious” activity, Cook said.
Before contacting police, however, one of the neighbors struck up a conversation with a Tesla driver who explained that they were testing the company’s software aimed at achieving autonomous driving, the retired Navy commander and FSD tester said .
“It must seem pretty strange when an entire fleet of Teslas keeps going through the same intersection over and over again,” the Tesla CEO said Elon Musk he wrote, responding to the anecdote with a laugh.
Because matter: Tesla’s FSD is currently in beta mode, which means it is still being tested and requires active driver supervision. In June 2023, Musk declared that version 12 of the software would no longer be “beta,” suggesting that he would achieve full autonomy with that version, and increasing anticipation.
Tesla began rolling out version 12 to non-employee drivers in January, nearly two months after it was released to employees. It seems that the company is now looking to expand the software’s capabilities to drive itself with the help of more on-road driving data.
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