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> Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, So this got me wondering: are there areas where re
by scythe 10y ago
> Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky,
So this got me wondering: are there areas where retinae still do better than cameras at certain kinds of discrimination problems? Nature still has human technology beat on hardware in a few categories (particularly joints), but I didn't expect eyes to be one of them. When I look at or near a bright light, I can see objects close to the light much better than I can in a photograph, but I always assumed this was only because I had a cheap camera.
The corresponding question is: how expensive is the camera that prevents this accident?
- marvin 10y agoCameras are obviously worse in situations where there is very high contrast (e.g. when you are facing the sun), because the digital representation of color/luminosity has a far more narrow range than that of the eye. Uncertain on whether this has any practical consequences, but it seems likely.