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Elon Musk on Cameras vs LiDAR for Self Driving and Autonomous Cars

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What it is

A clip from Tesla Autonomy Day 2019 where Elon Musk argues cameras are enough for self-driving and calls lidar a fool's errand.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in self-driving threads as the source of Tesla's vision-only stance, usually to discuss or push back on it.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I think Elon Musk makes some good points why Lidar”

    Musk argues cameras beat lidar for autonomous driving

    Ecstatify, 2020-10 · Recommendation · in “Waymo and Daimler Trucks partner on the development of fully autonomous trucks”

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Topics: tesla, lidar, cameras, autonomy day, full self driving

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