Jonnymack74
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Coming to the thread late and this may have been covered but here's my tuppence
Vision alone as envisaged by musk won't succeed. Cameras do not need to be very high res in order to be able to pick out the data they need to work. See augmented reality tech, which worked effectively on cameras from over ten years ago.
That said, better cameras do allow tesla to pick out more data, unfortunately this means the cars need far better processors in order to process that data. I think the latest S and X would be good enough for that but not legacy vehicles.
The second issue is that the cars to not have enough cameras to cover all the way around the car.. Or they are placed in areas in which they can get dirty and prevent proper functionality.
To get true self driving I think we need a mix of cameras, lidar and radar and it won't be 100% safe until every vehicle on the road has the relevant tech.... Think minority report and how those vehicles worked. Each car knowing we're everyone else is.. Meaning no accidents. Its a long way off. At least twenty years. This doesn't mean musk etc shouldn't be trying, we have to start somewhere, but he needs to stop promising pie in the sky dates and stop referring it as FSD.
Vision alone as envisaged by musk won't succeed. Cameras do not need to be very high res in order to be able to pick out the data they need to work. See augmented reality tech, which worked effectively on cameras from over ten years ago.
That said, better cameras do allow tesla to pick out more data, unfortunately this means the cars need far better processors in order to process that data. I think the latest S and X would be good enough for that but not legacy vehicles.
The second issue is that the cars to not have enough cameras to cover all the way around the car.. Or they are placed in areas in which they can get dirty and prevent proper functionality.
To get true self driving I think we need a mix of cameras, lidar and radar and it won't be 100% safe until every vehicle on the road has the relevant tech.... Think minority report and how those vehicles worked. Each car knowing we're everyone else is.. Meaning no accidents. Its a long way off. At least twenty years. This doesn't mean musk etc shouldn't be trying, we have to start somewhere, but he needs to stop promising pie in the sky dates and stop referring it as FSD.
