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Elon Musk: Your AI4 Tesla Is Ready for Unsupervised FSD

McFatty7 | 2026-01-20 22:51 | 21 views

>Elon Musk has confirmed that cars equipped with Tesla’s current-generation AI4 hardware will be capable of achieving Full Self-Driving (Unsupervised) without needing any additional hardware upgrades. The clarification came in response to growing speculation online about whether AI4 vehicles might eventually require newer chips to support true autonomy. >The confirmation was brief but unambiguous. After an X user noted that anyone using AI4 today can already see that better hardware isn’t necessary for unsupervised driving, Musk [replied](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2013137702502220165) with a simple “Yup,” effectively settling the debate. The exchange reinforces Tesla’s position that AI4 has sufficient headroom to handle the company’s autonomy ambitions as they transition from supervised to fully unsupervised operation.

Comments (60)
WilliamG007 2026-01-20 23:00

And I’ve confirmed that Elon is talking complete horseshit.

AwkwardlyPositioned 2026-01-20 23:01

He talks a lot.  No one should believe this.

unpluggedcord 2026-01-20 23:01

Replying yes to something doesn't really ever settle a debate lol

foobazzler 2026-01-20 23:02

Elon says a lot of things

imacompnerd 2026-01-20 23:05

Didn’t he also say hardware 2.5 would be fully capable as well? And then hardware 3? Yeah, he says a lot of things.

LebronBackinCLE 2026-01-20 23:06

My HW3 was promised to be capable. Sooooo

HunterNo7593 2026-01-20 23:08

Yeah, if eLon said it, I am believing it 🥱🫣

MICHAELSD01 2026-01-20 23:08

So many headlines over a “yup.”

imacleopard 2026-01-20 23:09

HW3 was supposed to be capable of this year ago so…

danrokk 2026-01-20 23:11

mkey Melon

Snakend 2026-01-20 23:12

He said the same thing about HW3.

Danspa85 2026-01-20 23:12

Like he has never said anything that was proven wrong/lie!

Terrible_Tutor 2026-01-20 23:13

Especially if this is a rumour that would affect sales. Like the motion ford CEO telling everyone “wait until you see the next Lightning!”, yeah cool ok guess I’ll just not even bother with this one then.

Blackboard_Monitor 2026-01-20 23:13

Not going to believe him at his word, it's junk at this point.

FutureBiotechVenture 2026-01-20 23:15

yup

immortalalchemist 2026-01-20 23:15

This is nothing more than a marketing push to get current HW3 owners to trade into a newer car with HW4 before the FSD transfer deadline.

HunterNo7593 2026-01-20 23:21

Unsupervised FSD is still a decade away as the access to compute for handling edge cases and have the reasoning and adaptability people have is a mirage. If only Tesla had made the supervised FSD available to masses (cheaper subscription), they would have a great deal more training data to handle different permutations and combinations of boundary conditions. Scientifically, the true Level 4/5 autonomy in cars is no closer to reality than the AGI.

Worried-Current-4567 2026-01-20 23:22

My neighbor’s son is capable of achieving A grades without needing anyone’s help too.

MisterBumpingston 2026-01-20 23:22

Whatever, dude…

Hoodamush 2026-01-20 23:23

Idk, Elon fans don’t like criticism of their leader, no matter how true it might be.

Just_A_Nobody_0 2026-01-20 23:24

Ahhh but when I bought my FSD I was told the car already had everything needed to become a robo taxi, just needed to wait for the software update coming later in the year... back in 2019. Yeah, I know - should have gotten it in writing.

THATS_LEGIT_BRO 2026-01-20 23:25

But does he know how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

immortalalchemist 2026-01-20 23:27

Tesla Rule#1: Elon Lies HW2.5 was supposed to do all the things but then we needed to get the HW3 retrofit. And HW3 has issues that get corrected with HW4 but nope we can’t go HW3->HW4 even though there was talk of another retrofit. Now HW5 is about to become a thing.

unpluggedcord 2026-01-20 23:58

To be fair my hw4 seems to self drive just fine.

immortalalchemist 2026-01-20 23:59

My HW3 does not lol

GO__NAVY 2026-01-21 00:16

yup

dubie4x8 2026-01-21 00:21

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iwilltalkaboutguns 2026-01-21 00:35

Lol he said the same thing about hw2 back in 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/20/elon-musk-says-fully-self-driving-tesla-cars-already-being-built

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skriefal 2026-01-21 02:17

The Musk who cried wolf has claimed this for how many consecutive years now? 10? 11? I'd like to see this - really! - but am well past the point of being able to believe it.

McFatty7 2026-01-21 13:16

From the YouTube videos that I've seen, [like this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aKH6qZNhw&t=162s), the actual FSD on both HW3 and HW4 are "similar", but the HW4 is more polished, and can do angled-autopark in a parking lot, [whereas HW3 cannot](https://youtu.be/23aKH6qZNhw?si=SBWRbl-eUTGJh7KU&t=504).

mitch2888 2026-01-21 13:22

Yup. People will be saying "why did he lie to me again" when they buy another new vehicle just so they can transfer something they paid 8k or 15k for years ago and their hardware will be obsolete and it won't work. Fool me once, shame on you. But you can't fool me again...

mitch2888 2026-01-21 13:27

Tesla and elon lovers "fool me once, shame on you. But go ahead and fool me again and again and again...."

WowChillTheFuckOut 2026-01-21 14:09

Sure bud

Kevlar-700 2026-01-21 15:33

I think someone spends a lot of money to bury critical headlines and create/promote beneficial ones.

Kevlar-700 2026-01-21 15:36

If you talk to an actual engineer you will soon see that redundant sensors other than cameras and software are needed. So HW4 is also a lie.

Kevlar-700 2026-01-21 15:42

When will he grow a conscience?

ronntron 2026-01-21 17:49

Capable in 2030? I assume we won't get unsupervised for years.

XimoFVerde 2026-01-21 17:56

No Lidar = No FSB-U (unless you have a death wish). For someone that wants to colonize another planet, it's kinda crazy to ignore the laws of physics..

DynamicUno 2026-01-21 21:44

Yes, it's going to drive itself across the continental United States by the end of 2016, I know, I've heard. Repeatedly. For a decade.

FANGO 2026-01-22 00:14

Release it and take the liability then

Xaxxon 2026-01-22 00:23

He said that about 2. he said that about 3. He's saying that about 4.

Xaxxon 2026-01-22 00:23

Just regular 2 I think. but they deleted that blog post a couple years ago.

Xaxxon 2026-01-22 00:45

and 2

Xaxxon 2026-01-22 00:46

cars just have be safer than humans overall not better in every specific circumstance. People have failings that AI doesn't like falling asleep and drunk driving or just plain distractions. So AI has a good lead in those spots.

Tapehead2 2026-01-22 08:46

My HW4 is already a safer driver than me lol

1960vegan 2026-01-23 00:17

A very misleading title - Musk said only "yup" to someone expressing an opinion that better hardware isn't necessary. That's quite different from Musk making a public statement that A14-equipped cars with FSD are now ready for unsupervised driving.

Onikara-Star 2026-01-23 06:10

Did they fix the incorrect speed limits? Did they let you adjust the speed using the scroll wheel again? If not, forget it.

Deathmeter1 2026-01-23 08:11

That says more about you than anything

abrahamw888 2026-01-23 14:54

Then what is the purpose of AI5 and 6?

Tapehead2 2026-01-23 21:39

Doesn't change the fact lol

Deathmeter1 2026-01-23 22:34

I mean yeah that's true. However FSD has tried to drive me into a parked car like 4x across HW3 and HW4 so if you're worse than that I worry lol

Tapehead2 2026-01-24 01:35

HW3 or even HW4 earlier versions totally had some flaws. I'm referring to HW4 >=v14.2.2. Insanely good now.

shadrap 2026-01-25 18:43

And 1.

Xaxxon 2026-01-25 22:52

I don't think that's true. Do you have a source on that?

shadrap 2026-01-25 23:05

I don't have a source, but I had a HW1 and when it was released, fully autonomous was the exciting promise. If I can find a claim beyond my recollection, I will post it. EDIT: You are correct, and it appears my recollection was in error. Thank you for the correction.

Xaxxon 2026-01-25 23:09

For example I know the made a blog post (and just recently deleted it) that clearly stated that hw2 was fully capable. That's why they had to offer free upgrades to hw3. No such upgrades were available for hw1 that I know of. But for sure Elon talks a lot about a lot of things so there may have been implications that it would be but I don't think it was specifically promised.

Tradetheday2093 2026-01-26 14:42

AI5 hits less potholes. AI6 avoids even more potholes by 50%. AI7 flies over potholes.

icy1007 2026-01-26 16:00

Yep

abrahamw888 2026-01-26 19:56

Good. Glad we got that confirmed.

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