Just tried FSD (Supervised) 12.3.3 for the first time.
I had driven a total of about 4,500 miles on FSD Beta from mid-2022 to early 2024. These miles included cities, roundabouts, suburban areas, rural areas with dirt roads, highways, snow, etc., so I've had a good overall feel for the system and how it would perform in various scenarios. There’s this one area with all kinds of crazy road lines, weird intersections, crosswalks, etc., that always required system intervention.
Today I took FSD 12 to that same area. It nailed it. No interventions for the first time ever.
FSD 12 (Supervised) in general feels a lot more natural in how it reacts to situations. This has been said about some previous versions of FSD, but this feels truly different.
Separately, my 73-year-old mom bought FSD for her Model Y when she took delivery 2 years ago but has never really used it because it was either too jerky or just felt uncomfortable to her. I had her try FSD (Supervised) 12.3.3 today, and this is the first time where it felt comfortable and reliable enough for her. It was a really smooth ride with no interventions. It handled multiple speed bumps perfectly, cars sticking out on the road, and even slowed down for a pothole.
Tesla is no longer compute-constrained, which I think is why they are going all-in on the FSD subscription and free trials. They want to get as much data and people using FSD (Supervised) as possible so they can train and improve the system even more quickly.
It's been 3.5 years since FSD Beta rolled out to early general public testers, but FSD (Supervised) version 12 finally feels like the moment where a lot more people are opening their eyes to this system's capabilities and to the future prospect of Robotaxis.
I look forward to seeing how FSD progresses in the coming months. If the speed at which FSD (Supervised) updates are being rolled out is any indication, we can expect some exciting months ahead.