Why not? Humans can drive in less than optimal situations with 2 eyes as sensors.
If the goal is to have a solution that can drive in the same situations as a human.
What sensor is missing then and why?
Ps. My statement questions mostly LIDAR as additional sensor, I'm not sure if AI/ML is good enough yet too, but we'll c. I'm pretty sure Lidar isn't as important as many people think it is.
And for all Musk's "his faults", you can't deny he is correct on a lot of cases.
Almost everyone questions the Lidar decision, but loses sight of the most simple question.
What's missing with only cameras, if humans can do it?
> What's missing with only cameras, if humans can do it?
The human brain - which can respond to novel situations in a reasonable way without prior training.
E.g. if I put you in a truck in the middle of a field, you’d be able to successfully drive around without being confused by tall grass. You’d also successfully avoid dangers such as cliffs/boulders even though you may have never done it before. If you can figure out how the human brain does that, we’d be one step closer to general AI.
>What's missing with only cameras, if humans can do it?
A human brain?
The debates about LIDAR etc. aren't that they're needed to pilot cars effectively on roads in the abstract but that they may be needed in the absence of a high level AGI to reach acceptable levels of functionality. And they may not be enough of course.
Technologically, there are things the machine can't do that human's can:
- HDR - human eyes do this really well
- Moving the camera. Humans will move their heads to perceive depth on things and to bypass obstacles. They will tilt, pitch, and yaw their heads to get views.
If the goal is to have a solution that can drive in the same situations as a human.
What sensor is missing then and why?
Ps. My statement questions mostly LIDAR as additional sensor, I'm not sure if AI/ML is good enough yet too, but we'll c. I'm pretty sure Lidar isn't as important as many people think it is.
And for all Musk's "his faults", you can't deny he is correct on a lot of cases.
Almost everyone questions the Lidar decision, but loses sight of the most simple question.
What's missing with only cameras, if humans can do it?