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> Waymo is already there, in at least 2 cities I find it odd that a self-driving system only works in 2 cities. Is the model overfitted to only know some spec
by Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
> Waymo is already there, in at least 2 cities
I find it odd that a self-driving system only works in 2 cities. Is the model overfitted to only know some specific locations? How does that work?
Like, I can understand it struggling in snow or heavy rain. I can understand it struggling if the lines on the road are faded. But given a well-marked intersection in one city, and another well-marked intersection in another, why would it fail in one?
- rpmisms 3y ago> Is the model overfitted to only know some specific locations? Yes. Every inch of drivable area is LIDAR-mapped. The opposite of the antifragile approach, which is harder to execute but much more durable.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y ago> Yes. Every inch of drivable area is LIDAR-mapped. If this is true, then I find it incredibly absurd that people would try to act like Waymo is farther than Tesla in self-driving tech. Tesla is trying to make self-driving work everywhere without pre-mapped data beyond what you'd get from Google Maps.
- rpmisms 3y agoThat's my position on it. Sure, it functions better, but you can drop a Tesla into an area it's never seen before and it will drive relatively competently. HD maps are a crutch, and ignoring that produces fragile solutions that just require massive overhead to function.