I thought the whole point was to overcome human shortcomings, not just make a worse version of a human driver.
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topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 7 months agoUsing video/photos to judge distance is just unreliable and stupid.
All depend how powerful is the computer managing the datas. A human brain does the job by example.
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 7 months ago
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Humans don’t even rely purely on visual cues.
When you drive, beside few exceptions, all our cues are visual.
SquishMallow@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No dude. Sound and air pressure are cues as well.
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If audio clues was indispensable, deafs people wouldn’t drive.
lloram239@feddit.de 7 months ago
Humans don’t have the best track record when it comes to safe driving, might not be the best idea to imitate them when there is better tech around.
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 7 months ago
But how many of those bad records are due to their eyes ?
Most causes of those bad records are bad decisions( checking phone, . It is rarely due to bad sight.
The issue with lidar is bad weather. If it rains, or is foggy, it doesn’t work, or give weird result.
Apparently there is some radar which can see through bad weather.