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The "solution" is Real World Data (A) x Simulation (B). I didn't say simulation is worthless, this seems to be a common confusion among laypersons.
There's no confusion. The problem is you unable to grasp simple simulation concepts. Just weeks ago you were saying data augmentation is the same as simulation.
A bigger "A" amplifies the effect of "B".
This is something that you seemingly are unable to grasp. The industry is not going the other way. They are not trying to get more real world data.
The opposite is completely true. They are improving B to the point that they need less A. The more realistic and complex B is, the less A is required and the more they can improve their software exponentially using more B.
You simply can't grasp that, that's why you run around saying " Simulations are not creating weird cases that may only happen in Fargo, South Dakota because Waymo engineers haven't come across those weird cases before." or "simulation doesn't replace real world edge cases".
Sim does exactly that. Not only is the AV industry moving towards more complex and realistic simulation as seen with Waymo's Simulation Cities. The AI industry at large is doing so as well.
Your sim can get so good that you only need a tiny amount of real world data as a bootstrap or none at all.
"Today, a team of researchers from Facebook AI, UC Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science are announcing Rapid Motor Adaptation (RMA), a breakthrough in artificial intelligence that enables legged robots to adapt intelligently in real time to challenging, unfamiliar new terrain and circumstances. RMA uses a novel combination of two policies,
both learned entirely in simulation"
Researchers from Facebook AI, @berkeley_ai and @SCSatCMU have developed AI that can enable a legged robot or other machines to adapt in fractions of a second to changing conditions in the real world.
ai.facebook.com
This has nothing to do with Tesla. I look at it from a holistic and conservative approach - conservatively for me to expect someone's self driving to work well anywhere in the U.S. will require sufficient real data collect from all over the U.S. That Waymo is not letting their vehicles go and show off their self driving tests in any city in the U.S. supports the notion that even Waymo truly understands this.
Huawei Autopilot which will be released in Q4 on the 2021 Arcfox Alpha S works anywhere in china.
Mobileye's Supervision which will be released on the 2021 Zeekr 001 works anywhere in the world.
They are all doing that without 100k or even 1k cars roaming around. You're simply wrong from every angle. The industry is doing more sim and less real world.
Not the other way around.