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My understanding is that there's more data processing required with cameras because you need to estimate distance from stereoscopic vision. And as it happens, t
by c7b 8mo ago
My understanding is that there's more data processing required with cameras because you need to estimate distance from stereoscopic vision. And as it happens, the required chips for that have shot up in price because of the AI boom.
But I think costs were just part of the reason why Elon decided against Lidar. Apparently, they interfere with each other once the market saturates and you have many such cars on the same streets at the same time. Haven't heard yet how the Lidar proponents are planning to address that.
- jerlam 8mo agoHow does Waymo handle it now? There are many videos of Waymo depots with dozens of cars not running into each other.
- overfeed 8mo agoLidar critics like to pretend that anti-collision is not a well-studied branch of Computer Science and telecoms. Wifi, Ethernet and cellphones all work well simultaneously, despite participants all sharing the same physical medium.
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- c7b 8mo agoI'm not a Lidar critic. I'm really just curious how they're addressing it, or plan to.
- ggreer 8mo agoIt's rare, but sometimes they do hit each other: https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/1mdl5zn/two_waymo_cars_collided_in_phoenix_today/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/1mdl5zn/tw... https://www.reddit.com/r/waymo/comments/1pggtpu/two_waymos_made_contact_with_each_other_in_sf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/waymo/comments/1pggtpu/two_waymos_m...