The argument as I take it is that AI image analysis could be avoided. We "just" use sensors to figure that it's on the road, it's not a car, so it's a potential

The argument as I take it is that AI image analysis could be avoided. We "just" use sensors to figure that it's on the road, it's not a car, so it's a potential obstacle regardless of what it might actually be. But I've got no idea how practically usable such an approach would be.