cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/2201156

In case you were worried about the roads being too safe, you can rest easily knowing that Teslas will be rolling out with unsupervised “Full Self Driving” in a couple days.

It doesn’t seem to be going great, even in supervised mode. This one couldn’t safely drive down a simple, perfectly straight road in broad daylight :( Veered off the road for no good reason. Glad nobody got badly hurt.

We analyze the onboard camera footage, and try to figure out what went wrong. Turns out, a lot. We also talk through how camera-only autonomous cars work, Tesla’s upcoming autonomous taxi rollout, and how AI hallucinations figure into everything.

  • boydster@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    There’s a lot wrong with Tesla’s implementation here, so I’m going to zoom in on one in particular. It is outright negligent to decide against using LIDAR on something like a car that you want to be autonomous. Maybe if this car had sensors to map out 3D space, that would help it move more successfully through 3D space?

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      17 days ago

      I’ll go further and say that LIDARs should be mandatory by law when vision is used. A lot of industries have regulations, and this guy can slap shitty webcams in his cars. That’s a big problem.