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The video provides an extensive evaluation of version 12 of a car's autopilot software, highlighting several notable advancements and persistent challenges. Key improvements include enhanced speed control, better handling of speed bumps, and more confident interactions with pedestrians and other vehicles, showcasing a significant upgrade over version 11. Features like interpreting vehicle wheel direction, managing unprotected turns, performing proper U-turns, and navigating dips in the road even under poor weather conditions indicate a more sophisticated situational awareness and reliance on real-time visual information rather than just map data.
However, issues remain, particularly on open roads where version 12 struggles with maintaining consistent speed. The software exhibits occasional erratic behavior, such as unnecessary lane changes and poor performance in unmapped parking lots. Despite these setbacks, the speaker is optimistic and acknowledges that while version 12 excels in complex, dense environments, further refinements are necessary for it to be reliable in all scenarios, including highway driving and longer road trips. The speaker plans to continue testing to form a more conclusive opinion on the software's overall capabilities.
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In this segment of the video, the user evaluates version 12 of their car’s software by driving through various challenging locations, starting with a busy Costco parking lot. Key actions include making left turns, slowing down for speed bumps—something version 11 struggled with— and effectively navigating around unknown objects and busy parking areas. The car demonstrates improved stopping behavior, particularly when other vehicles back out, and handles pedestrian interactions more confidently. The user appreciates the significant improvements in speed control and overall confidence of version 12, highlighting that it feels much closer to achieving smart summon capabilities. They also note that the car successfully executed maneuvers that version 11 would have struggled with, such as navigating through pedestrian traffic.
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In this part of the video, the narrator discusses the capabilities and performance of the latest autopilot version in a busy parking lot. Initially, the autopilot did not find a parking spot, requiring manual disengagement. Upon re-engaging, the system performed well with speed control, blending in predictably with pedestrian traffic. A notable moment included the car interpreting another vehicle’s wheel direction instead of relying on turn signals, showcasing advanced situational awareness. The autopilot navigated various complex scenarios, such as a reversing police car and cars pulling out of parking spots. The narrator highlights the smoothness and confidence of version 12 in handling these challenges compared to the previous version, emphasizing its consistency and reliability in real-world conditions.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses improvements in handling speed bumps, noting that version 12 offers a significant upgrade over version 11, particularly in maintaining consistent speed and smooth navigation through speed bumps. They highlight a scenario with an unprotected turn where the car demonstrated a “creep wall” feature, though the car seemed to ignore it, and mention an instance where a driver honked due to a minor delay in exiting a parking lot.
The speaker points out that version 12 visualizes pedestrians inaccurately (e.g., a “Moonwalking” pedestrian) but doesn’t react to these visual anomalies, in contrast to version 11 which controlled for such “phantom pedestrians.”
Key new abilities of version 12 include performing proper U-turns, which emerged naturally from observing human behavior, and handling dips in the road smoothly even in bad weather. The speaker also notes that the car can now pull out at red lights when neighboring lanes are occupied, showing an improved understanding of lane occupation compared to version 11 which waited for all cross traffic to clear. Furthermore, version 12 seems to rely more on real-time visual information rather than purely on map data.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the performance improvements in version 12 of a software compared to version 11, particularly how it handles left turns and lane changes more efficiently. One major enhancement is its ability to creep forward slowly for better visibility of oncoming traffic and to accelerate human-like before a car has fully passed. Additionally, version 12 can now pull off to the side of the road upon reaching a destination, imitating human behavior more closely.
The speaker also touches upon the highway driving aspect and suspects that version 12 may not be fully operational on the highway, as indicated by visualization changes and regression signs akin to version 11. Specifically, version 12 struggles to maintain a consistent speed on open roads without a lead car, slowing down and speeding up erratically. This inconsistent speed control issue persists despite turning off the automatic speed setting, proving to be a significant regression from previous versions.
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In this segment of the video, the presenter discusses user excitement around version 12 for upcoming road trips, but mentions that version 11 might still be better for longer journeys due to specific road conditions. They highlight a discrepancy with the speed limit detection and note that while version 12 handles complex tasks well, it struggles with simple tasks like driving straight without obstacles.
A peculiar incident is described where the car incorrectly uses a turn signal, leading to an unnecessary lane change. The presenter praises the overall smooth steering, yet points out a bizarre behavior in an unmapped parking lot where the car jerks side-to-side, indicating a significant issue in navigation.
They mention an attempt to let the car navigate out of the parking lot independently, referencing Elon Musk’s live stream claim that version 12 should self-correct, though this version fails, getting stuck repeatedly. Lastly, the auto wipers are criticized for poor performance, often leaving the windshield obstructed, posing a potential hazard. The segment ends with a note about needing to cross multiple lanes to access the freeway, a task better handled by version 11.
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In this part of the video, the speaker summarizes their experience with version 12 of driving software. They mention that while many small issues present in version 11 have been fixed, basic driving tasks, like maintaining a consistent speed, are now problematic. The effectiveness of version 12 varies greatly depending on the driving environment. In dense cities or neighborhoods, it performs exceptionally well, but on open roads, it performs poorly. The speaker remains optimistic as these issues seem fixable and plans to further test and form a more definitive opinion on version 12 in future drives.