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Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by markbao on Friday October 10, 2014 @11:06AM (#8438082)
I think the key point is that it is very difficult for software to parse view-from-windshield images like this: http://blogs.bootsnall.com/chaskaconrow/files/2006/02/Chaska...

The human eye can instantly recognize the available driving paths, the motorcyclist ahead, and project where people will walk. Software would have to parse out where the open roads are, how far that motorcyclist is and whether he can clear the intersection before the car reaches it, and what that sign on the right-hand side is—using the same information, but it has to parse it first whereas we do that almost instantly. It's a totally different game.

Re:Tesla: Introducing Autopilot and Dual Motor All Wheel Drive by x1798DE on Friday October 10, 2014 @02:35PM (#8439332)
Yes, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying the other sensors the parent post mentioned weren't actually important with regards to driving, just our ability to parse the visual data into a meaningful model of the world around us.