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Yes - but humans possess other senses, and crucially, our eyes have a much greater dynamic range than even the best cameras (and they are not fitting the absolu
by philjohn 2y ago
Yes - but humans possess other senses, and crucially, our eyes have a much greater dynamic range than even the best cameras (and they are not fitting the absolute best cameras, because that would be even more expensive than LiDAR).
It also does away with one of the crucial aspects of "better than human safety" - driving in conditions where a camera is uselss - think moderate to dense fog, heavy rain etc. etc.
- sigmoid10 2y agoWe don't have any senses that aren't trivially replicable in a car. Microphones and accelerometers were already plentiful before. And HDR is not really an issue anymore since all carmakers dynamically vary exposure times in their cameras. Other carmakers have tried to put LiDAR and stuff into cars for many years, but it didn't magically give them self-driving either. The key issue to solve is planning - not perception.
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- ywvcbk 2y ago> but it didn't magically give them self-driving either. Perhaps. But isn’t Waymo way ahead of Tesla?
- mewpmewp2 2y agoDoesn't Waymo also require manual mapping everything out in detail before it will get to drive there? Street signs etc, etc. So it is Lidar + manual work for each area. While Tesla is trying to go for a solution you can just drop in anywhere.