JF

sustainable energy and food. curious about AI / robotics

[JF @jeanfw]

TLDW of my Tesla FSD Supervised ride-along in Paris: it already feels way better than a human on our tiny Paris streets 🤯

Let's start with the nitpicks since there were still a few:
- One disengagement for insane tourist crowd, but nothing unsafe, on the contrary, it wouldn't have been assertive enough to get through on its own (20:40)
- One awkward half-on-crosswalk stop (15:30)
- Slightly too cautious with a couple of pedestrians (1:30, 17:00) - but better safe than sorry
- Something was making it wait at a green light (34:30), driver gave it an accelerator press to go
- It didn't handle the start/end parking bit itself.

What blows my mind is that it was NEVER even the slightest bit unsafe at ANY POINT during the whole drive (~48 minutes total).

Over to the great:
1/ In some instances it felt "sentient", like when it stopped to let a motorcycle overtake us(!!) (24:55). Like it understood that the biker wanted to drive faster than us.
2/ In other instances, it was "simply" superhuman:
- Predicted a woman crossing (27:43)
- Instant reaction to pedestrian popping out from behind a van without checking (32:55)

Overall: it's as confident as it is cautious and safe. It feels ready for rollout to customer cars if it's Supervised; based on this drive, it would only need to be a tiny bit more assertive to get to Unsupervised in Paris!

Incredible work @Tesla_AI 💪🏻! cc @aelluswamy @yunta_tsai please pass on to the team 👏🏻

[JF @jeanfw]

Tesla FSD Supervised first ride along in Paris (Montmartre area), France 🇫🇷
- Full drive (30min+). Recommend watching @ 2x speed.
- Model 3 running FSD v14.1.7
- Audio removed
- Very grateful to @teslaeurope for the opportunity!

Re-upload with raw comments properly in video subtitles this time!

Let me know below if any questions!

Here with timestamps if you want to jump:
00:00 Start of recording from Tesla Center in Saint-Ouen
00:35 Disengaged to exit parking - I think FSD could have done it if not for us impatient humans ^^
00:44 FSD re-engaged
01:30 Letting a pedestrian cross, being super cautious (more than 99% of Parisian drivers)
04:00 Observation that the software here is the supervised version, but the “Full-Self Driving capability” outright purchase will cover the Unsupervised version once it’s available (technically and from regulation standpoint)
05:00 Observation that this FSD EU version has both Driving Profiles (from Sloth to Mad Max) and Max Speed offset (%)
06:00 Pedestrian thankful + very smooth re-acceleration before they even exit the crosswalk, like a human would drive. Already here we could feel it’s not rules-based and has an understanding of the world and good compromises between safety and comfort.
07:10 Good handling of speed bumps
08:00 Prioritized safety: yield despite having the right of way
09:15 Speed bumps, very comfortable
09:30 No stress handling of tight street
10:10 Switch to Mad Max, handling of speed bumps remains similar, and very cautious with cars parked on side
10:40 Unprotected left with limited visibility, Mad Max very cautious
11:10 Yielding as it should
11:15 Cautiously stays slow with pedestrian where it was unclear
11:35 Overtaking bike
11:50 Observation that Mad Max on city streets is indistinguishable from Standard
12:35 Going around left-turning truck
12:45 Highlight #1 : Threading the needle in very tight space around work truck with pedestrian on street
13:00 Observation that system feels as confident as it feels cautious
14:10 Overtaking stopped vehicle, very safe, proper use of blinker
14:30 Observation that no one is noticing that the car is driving itself
14:43 Vehicle that had right of way but was behind a parked van yielded to us, FSD very cautious but confident, didn’t overreact/didn’t stop as the other vehicle wasn’t moving
15:30 Nitpick #1 : positioned on crosswalk with rear of the car behind red light, once the bus restarted, car decided to follow but light was about to turn red. Tesla driver said it was probably to clear the crosswalk. Very human and totally safe but I would either have stopped cleanly before the light or much closer to the bus to avoid being in the middle of the light/crosswalk at any point.
17:00 Nitpick #2 : slight overcautiousness as pedestrians were approaching the crosswalk but they had a red, car stopped cautiously in intersection when it was not needed and could have gone forward without bothering pedestrians. I would have cleared the intersection in this case.
18:05 Leaves room for car
18:25 Observation that ride is very comfortable on Parisian stone roads (but sorry for the shakiness! mounts weren't permitted)
19:30 Self parks at destination reached. Not perfect parking but good enough. Back to Standard mode.
19:50 Attempt to go through highly touristy area full of pedestrians
20:15 Observation that human driver reversing into pedestrians is much more aggressive
20:40 Nitpick #3 : Had to disengage to go through tourists, car wasn’t being assertive enough to ever get through. This was totally because we were impatient/not willing to give the car more time, my guess is the Tesla driver knew we would never have made it through such a dense crowd.
21:00 Re-engage when out of crowded part
21:18 Extra cautious given pedestrians. Finally some people getting suspicious that the car is driving itself, maybe because we were super slow compared to Parisians
21:40 Being extra safe with pedestrian on narrow crosswalk
21:55 Questionable situation : there was a car coming from the right, could have been considered to have right of way strictly speaking, but car turned as a human would have
23:00 Superb pedestrian handling / reaction time, being extra polite
23:40 Observation that FSD Supervised is still designed for human to take over for higher risk situations
24:00 Navigating Montmartre
24:55 Highlight #2 : stopped to let motorcycle overtake us (!) - this is the time when the car felt absolutely sentient and not robotic
25:10 Yielded for pedestrians but they stopped, supervisor intervened to push it forward and avoid confusing them
25:40 Yielded for pedestrian in blind angle / behind plants while turning, definitely safer than human
26:00 Observation that FSD drives more cautiously and safely than most Uber drivers in Paris
26:08 Slowing down for scooter coming down the street in opposite direction, very safe and cautious
26:18 Observation that it’s awesome that Tesla is letting us choose any area for the ride along
26:24 Highlight #3 : Slowing down for pedestrian entering street without looking, then immediately back to normal once they are back on sidewalk, very safe again
26:50 Observation that it’s a huge sign of confidence that Tesla is allowing people to experience FSD in completely uncontrolled environments, on European streets
27:30 Tesla team member expressing gratitude that we as customers are willing to trust a new software, and that by riding along we are helping the team to find edge cases to continue improving
27:43 Highlight #4 : superhuman reaction to pedestrian deciding to cross, car anticipated her move - another example that felt sentient
28:10 No overreaction to undecided pedestrians
29:10 Tesla team member reminding that FSD is trained on >100 years of driving data, collected by both internal fleet and customer fleet. My take: that’s more experience than any human ever could gain over a lifetime
29:30 Observation that this system is clearly safer than human
29:45 Highlight #5 : Being very polite to pedestrian while motorbike wasn’t
30:20 Observation that Tesla wave is less frequent than in early years, but that the Tesla owners community is awesome, and OGs should keep doing it to perpetuate the tradition with new owners
30:55 Smoothly giving space to go around pedestrian walking on the road
31:05 Observation that so far there were zero interventions since reactivation after the tourist crowd (~10 min)
31:50 Going around stopped car while respecting bikes coming from opposite direction, including valid use of blinker
32:18 Accelerations and decelerations are very smooth / comfortable
32:40 Observation that FSD is more chill than human drivers - doesn’t honk
32:55 Highlight #6 : slows down for pedestrian entering street abruptly from behind a commercial van. This triggered a collision warning sound and red highlight on the driving visualization, but FSD was already handling it on its own
33:15 Very safe with pedestrian on their phone starting to cross the street while we had a green light, then stopping perfectly for orange light
33:50 Observation that FSD is very safe and very good at accounting for other people
34:00 Tesla driver intervened (Accelerator press) to get it past that green light. Possible that FSD was waiting for bike
34:20 End of recorded portion. Car drove back to Tesla without intervention/disengagement except parking.

[JF @jeanfw]

This is going into the « Brand = Interface » case studies…

What are they even trying to do ? 🤔

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: Ferrari unveils the Luce, its first electric vehicle designed by Jony Ive.

[JF @jeanfw]

@brivael @travisk Well deserved ! C’est tjs un régal 🍿 de vous voir démonter méthodiquement les mécompréhensions de l’économie, bcp trop répandues hélas…

[JF @jeanfw]

@seti_park Subscribing. Your posts are very valuable. Thank you for all the analysis so far ! 🙏🏻

My take : don’t worry about audience/reach, only the most hardcore investors will ever go to this level of technical detail. Focus on a high signal subs only experience.

[JF @jeanfw]

@brivael @elonmusk + Neuralink à intégrer !

[JF @jeanfw]

@brivael Bravo, c’est mérité !

[JF @jeanfw]

@Micro2Macr0 Sorry but this is plain wrong.
A TW isn't the same as a TWh.

https://t.co/w0pbdohWit

[JF @jeanfw]

@levelsio This setting is so awesome, now I want to filter replies on *every* post using the same logic

[JF @jeanfw]

@mitchdeg 🤞🏻

[JF @jeanfw]

@pbeisel @CernBasher Can we deduce that they have made ~2000 Cybercab prototypes (including incomplete builds) ? If not, any idea how "sparse" the VIN sequence could be at this stage ?

[JF @jeanfw]

@mitchdeg Well said ! 👀

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Predicting the future accurately is the best measure of intelligence

[JF @jeanfw]

AI is becoming a pretty good driver ! Latest data on @robotaxi safety performance: >400,000 miles per incident 🤯

[Raines @raines1220]

I took a look at the Jan 2026 Robotaxi crash report, and the numbers are exciting🔥
- when safety passenger got removed (Jan 2026), MPI is ~200K miles.
- Now (Feb 2026), MPI is ~400K miles.
- I predict Robotaxi in Austin will fully surpass human drivers by the end of Q1 (before April).

These numbers deviate from my last prediction due to several methodological improvements:
- I previously underestimated Robotaxi mileage by ~2.5x because I was guessing mileage using a few data points and a fleet size chart. This is now corrected using the actual Robotaxi mileage chart reported in Tesla’s 2025 Q4 financial statement.
- I realized parking lot dents and stationary crashes were adding significant noise. After removing them, the model fits the data much better.

[JF @jeanfw]

@mitchdeg It seems we might still have to wait a while …

[Viv 🪩 @battleangelviv]

the EU approving new technology

[JF @jeanfw]

@mitchdeg @FranckOhrel Feelings don’t care about facts …

[JF @jeanfw]

@mitchdeg Mettre Adenot bien en avant dans le titre quand on ne va parler que du lancement d’Ariane… ou comment faire tout son possible pour ne pas que l’audience comprenne que c’est SpaceX qui assure l’accès à l’ISS 🤦‍♂️

[JF @jeanfw]

@mitchdeg @elonmusk In these times I find myself going back to the following tab

Adding post notifications for high signal accounts also works well, though the UX to access them isn’t great

Still plenty of product work to do for @nikitabier & team! 🤓

[JF @jeanfw]

@mitchdeg @grok combien coûte chaque lancement Ariane 6 au contribuable européen ?