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I've been tracking this Roborace thing and they're spending a lot of money on bullshit. It's all sizzle and no steak. They have some very slickly produced video
by Fricken 10y ago
I've been tracking this Roborace thing and they're spending a lot of money on bullshit. It's all sizzle and no steak. They have some very slickly produced videos about the passion and drama of racing robots and they're all hilariously anti-climactic.
Methinks the talent shortage in the autonomous driving space is severe enough that anyone capable of developing an (exciting) autonomous race car has more important things to do.
- beat 10y agoDepends on where their funding is coming from, and what the goals are. If they're being funded by big corporations as both research and PR, then it's not just junk. They're doing good work.
- sand500 10y agoIs doing this on a track too ideal? Would be cool if this was done in super extreme conditions. That R&D would definitely help commercial autonomous cars.