It’s funny, I see people online in random comments saying “AI” hasn’t materialized in to anything useful. But if you realize that most talk of “AI” is talk of ML, and if you pay attention to robotics, you’ll find it’s making a huge difference. The fact that anyone can credibly say perception is not the major hurdle anymore is a testament to what the current generation of machine learning algorithms have done to advance the state of the art. I’m excited for the time when even prediction feels like a solved problem.

I would think that perception in poor weather remains a real challenge, but certainly we’re leaps and bounds ahead of where we were even 5 years ago.