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I got some thoughts on the lidar vs vision debate.

Remember the goal is to drive better than humans. Lidar gives better-than-human depth sensing performance in many cases.

Furthermore, human eyes are substantially better than small digital cameras at this point, in terms of low light sensitivity and resolution.

It may be a problem that lidar is ugly right now. But that can change.

I'm of the belief that more and better sensors is better.

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I don’t think anyone debates that LIDAR plus cameras is “better” than cameras alone. The real question is whether it is possible without LIDAR. (AFAIK all self driving cars use cameras even when they also have LIDAR).

‘Anyone relying on lidar is doomed,’ Elon Musk.

Around 1:41:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucp0TTmvqOE

I really can't understand how any logical person would think lidar is better here. You are driving with the sight of your eyes correct? then the AI would do the same but better.

The cameras are worse in terms of resolution and light sensitivity. They cannot blink or clean themselves. They are not equivalent!

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