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Not all animals have stereoscopic vision. Many birds and fish see entirely separate images from their two eyes. Animals with injuries to one eye still have func
by tsimionescu 3y ago
Not all animals have stereoscopic vision. Many birds and fish see entirely separate images from their two eyes. Animals with injuries to one eye still have functional vision, even if worse. The "brain" part is the one that really helps with animal vision. And it includes evolved generational models, sensor fusion, memories of past experiences and other inputs beyond just two "cameras".
Overall, the complexity of modeling the world the way an animal does seems much much bigger than a few different sensors.
- cbeach 3y agoYes, the brain complexity is the key bit, and that's where the research is going (Tesla's in particular). Adding "a few different sensors" is not going to solve the fundamental problems of navigating the world.
- tsimionescu 3y agoThere is no reason to believe that we can achieve brain-like success at 3D vision with any current approach. As such, having multimodal sensors that animals don't have access to seems like a much more promising approach, and far closer to a sure bet. Basically, leverage technology that far surpasses animal senses to make up for the much dumber processing powers. If Tesla had been limiting its ideas to theoretical research, or even applied research, I'd be all for vision only as a valid research avenue. But they are putting this thing on the streets where I walk, and they are charging people thousands of dollars with claims that it works today, and that it will do wonders tomorrow. That is simply not acceptable for a green field research concept that probably has decades left in front of it.