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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by stoneman24 on Thursday December 11, 2025 @02:24PM (#46235950)
Do you if there has been any work how lasers affect other animals and insects?

Am I being catastrophically pessimistic to think that in addition to swatting insects as it moves forward, the cars lidar is blinding insects in a several hundred meter path ?

I’m very optimistic about automated cars being better than most humans but wonder about side effects.

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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by fragmede on Thursday December 11, 2025 @07:47PM (#46239522)
If we have automated anti-mosquito vehicles just roaming around, the world would be a better place. There might be some second order effects from removing mosquitoes that we haven't predicted, but fuck mosquitoes.
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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by dash2 on Thursday December 11, 2025 @08:59PM (#46240014)
Unfortunately not all insects are mosquitoes, and one reason we have many fewer birds in (e.g.) the UK than when I was young, is the decline of insect life.
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