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> The net effect of this, combined with the fact that radar sees through most visual obscuration, is that the car should almost always hit the brakes correctly
by maxcan 10y ago
> The net effect of this, combined with the fact that radar sees through most visual obscuration, is that the car should almost always hit the brakes correctly even if a UFO were to land on the freeway in zero visibility conditions.
Unless he means "UFO" in the formal, aviation sense of an unidentified radar contact, I think Mr. Musk is severely underestimating alien stealth technology. I can't quite wrap my head around the notion that an advanced species could perfect interstellar travel but somehow be incapable of stealth technology.