I've occasionally seen my Tesla on autopilot slow down for like a shadow or something. You definitely need to pay attention to it.
The article quotes: “With only one sensor type, it’s harder to be sure because you do not have the cross-check from a different type of sensor,” he said.
This is presented as though it's a clear win though. We know for example from the Uber fatality that you can also get false negatives because of failures of sensor fusion, which is a very hard problem. Requiring multiple sensors means that all of your sensor systems need to notice a danger, and you need to be able to integrate that data properly, before you can react.
So I can definitely see that there are major advantages to vision-only. But it's clear that the problem has not yet been solved by Tesla nonwithstanding Elon's inflated claims.
The article quotes: “With only one sensor type, it’s harder to be sure because you do not have the cross-check from a different type of sensor,” he said.
This is presented as though it's a clear win though. We know for example from the Uber fatality that you can also get false negatives because of failures of sensor fusion, which is a very hard problem. Requiring multiple sensors means that all of your sensor systems need to notice a danger, and you need to be able to integrate that data properly, before you can react.
So I can definitely see that there are major advantages to vision-only. But it's clear that the problem has not yet been solved by Tesla nonwithstanding Elon's inflated claims.