Autopilot is kind of a scam. Marketing and economic pixie dust from Elon over a basic camera lane assist system to make sure Teslas attract customers and hold their prestige and value.
But no, FSD is perpetually 6 months around the corner for him.
AI is kind of a scam --- and autopilot is just one example.
FSD is perpetually 6 months around the corner for him.
And will probably remain so for decades to come.
The self driving software packages that work, the Cruze and Waymos and Mercedes of the world, are in limited careful rollout. These companies and teams want to make sure it’s safe and robust before entering mass market adoption.
Tesla is one of the weakest and most immature offerings of the major players, and it has been given the widest distribution. It is utterly frustrating.
The abuse starts with using the phrase "artificial intelligence".
Selling what we call a computer as "intelligent" is like selling a DVD player as "creative" for it's ability to produce video. They are both just play back devices --- reproducing the work of others. Useful for sure but no more "intelligent" or "creative" than a hammer.
Any answer that "AI" provides has no assurance of correctness. It's up to you to judge if the probability is acceptable.
Do you really want to trust a self driving vehicle that misinterprets it's environment 20% of the time?
AI also includes things like expert systems, which don't autmatically learn, adapt to much or recognize any patterns.
The AI name works for me because it is goal oriented. Artificial Intelligence is implementing artificial systems that perform tasks that would otherwise require an intelligence (eg a human) to perform.
It doesn't really specify how you do that, it's just about what you're having it do.
Full self driving is the scam. And it goes up in price to $15,000 next week. It’s almost comical to imagine even one single person buying that.
(Serious question, I know nil about machine vision)
But having both would be best. The drawbacks of camera are additional compute being necessary for stitching and the risk of occlusions occurring due to something like adverse weather conditions. It also only offers a calculated estimation rather than a true distance measurement.
1. videos: https://www.lensangle.com/how-do-rangefinder-cameras-work/
2. a photo or two: https://www.howtogeek.com/365801/what-is-a-rangefinder-camer...
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/03/subaru-uses-stereo...
And this is what passes for AI? The singularity is upon us folks.
Just give me a simple car with analog guages and a Bluetooth radio so I can talk hands free and listen to the 100+ albums I have stored on my phone. I'll provide any "intelligence" required, thank you very much.