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Re:I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again by ec109685 on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:24PM (#30507925)
How is camera placement worse than what we can see as a driver?
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Re:I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again by bastawhiz on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:49PM (#30508185)
Humans can turn their heads. We also have stereoscopic vision that is able to gain visual clarity with minor movements. Our eyes also mechanically adjust the amount of light they receive, can focus dynamically, and are self cleaning.

Could you do this with cameras? Possibly, but it would be a lot of cameras and a lot of mechanical parts—not ideal for a car.

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Re:I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again by TulliusCicero on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @12:02AM (#30509850)
It's probably not, but humans have a mental model of the world that cars don't, even ones with relatively advanced computers.

Using more and better sensors is an attempt to compensate for the shallow mental model, so you'd have cars still being 'dumber' than human drivers, but if they're all-knowing, that doesn't matter quite as much.

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Re:I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again by joenathanone on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:43AM (#30512950)
https://mobile.twitter.com/taylorogan/status/142590890128377...

This is a decent thread that has some visuals, some others have created 3d models demonstrating the blind spots the cameras have.

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