Tesla Rewriting Autopilot Software From The Ground Up To Add More Selfdriving Features

Improvements to Tesla’s driver-assist suite are poised to accelerate in the near future, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk providing a brief yet exciting update on the ongoing Autopilot rewrite. According to Musk, the upcoming rewrite will usher in a lot of new functionality all at once, and it will also pave the way for improvements to the company’s labeling software.

Musk’s recent update came as a response to Tesla owner-enthusiast @WholeMarsBlog, who asked about the status of the company’s Autopilot rewrite. Musk’s response was optimistic. “Going well. Team is kicking ass & it’s an honor to work with them. Pretty much everything had to be rewritten, including our labeling software, so that it’s fundamentally “3D” at every step from training through inference,” he wrote.

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MDarringer - 7/3/2020 9:23:04 AM

+1 Boost

How about making it not kill people?

SanJoseDriver - 7/3/2020 3:51:57 PM

-1 Boost

Saves more than it kills.

They have been working on this rewrite for over a year I think. My understanding is that it will integration a lot of separate processes, which will free up a significant amount of computing power. More compute and efficient code should improve accuracy, especially with edge cases.

MDarringer - 7/3/2020 4:45:14 PM

0 Boost

What a stupid statement: "Saves more than it kills."

SanJoseDriver - 7/3/2020 8:52:57 PM

+1 Boost

Check it out: https://insideevs.com/news/431181/video-tesla-dashcam-crazy-footage/

Also, I think you'll appreciate the irony of Autopilot doing an emergency maneuver to avoid being sideswiped by a semi filled with Teslas.

edwardfrancis - 7/4/2020 1:03:27 AM

+2 Boost

We are up to 2020.24.6.4 on our X, and it is pretty impressive. Assuming the rewrite builds on current status, it should be even more impressive.
Still....a huge challenge.

edwardfrancis - 7/4/2020 1:03:53 AM

+3 Boost

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c2f9eda9984d39348fb90b53a57305a6634737a7069328c368cff66f35d421c4.jpg

SanJoseDriver - 7/9/2020 6:14:29 PM

+1 Boost

Great image.