Human beings are able to drive reasonably well (for some definition of “reasonably”), using only two visual sensors plus at least one audio sensor.
Elon seems to think that he can make a car that can do at least as well, with the same input limitations.
He may or may not be right, but personally I think it’s stupid to limit our devices to the same restrictions that we humans have.
If we can equip them to see outside of the human visual range of light perception, then I think we should probably do that. If we can equip them with more visual sensors, then I think we should probably do that. If we can equip them with sensors that have no human equivalent, then maybe we should do that, too.
I dunno. Maybe I’m just being stupid or something. I don’t get why he seems so violently opposed to LIDAR — other than the fact that if he added it now, then he would be proven to be a liar.
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Human beings are able to drive reasonably well (for some definition of “reasonably”), using only two visual sensors plus at least one audio sensor.
Elon seems to think that he can make a car that can do at least as well, with the same input limitations.
He may or may not be right, but personally I think it’s stupid to limit our devices to the same restrictions that we humans have.
If we can equip them to see outside of the human visual range of light perception, then I think we should probably do that. If we can equip them with more visual sensors, then I think we should probably do that. If we can equip them with sensors that have no human equivalent, then maybe we should do that, too.
I dunno. Maybe I’m just being stupid or something. I don’t get why he seems so violently opposed to LIDAR — other than the fact that if he added it now, then he would be proven to be a liar.