>why not just use LIDAR that can literally see around corners in 3D?
LIDAR requires line-of-sight (LoS) hence cannot see around conner, but RADAR probably can.
It's interesting to note that the all time 2nd most popular post on Tesla is 9 years ago on its full self driving hardware (just 2nd after the controversial Cybertruck) [1].
>Elon's vision-only move was extremely "short-sighted"
Elon's vision was misguided because some of the technologists at the time including him seem to really truly believed that AGI is just around the corner (pun attended). Now most of the tech people gave up on AGI claim blaming on the blurry definition of AGI but for me the truly killer AGI application is always full autonomous level 5 driving with only human level sensor perceptions minus the LIDAR and RADAR. But the complexity of the goal is very complicated that I really truly believe it will not be achieved in foreseeable future.
[1] All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware (2016 - 1090 comments):
LIDAR requires line-of-sight (LoS) hence cannot see around conner, but RADAR probably can.
It's interesting to note that the all time 2nd most popular post on Tesla is 9 years ago on its full self driving hardware (just 2nd after the controversial Cybertruck) [1].
>Elon's vision-only move was extremely "short-sighted"
Elon's vision was misguided because some of the technologists at the time including him seem to really truly believed that AGI is just around the corner (pun attended). Now most of the tech people gave up on AGI claim blaming on the blurry definition of AGI but for me the truly killer AGI application is always full autonomous level 5 driving with only human level sensor perceptions minus the LIDAR and RADAR. But the complexity of the goal is very complicated that I really truly believe it will not be achieved in foreseeable future.
[1] All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware (2016 - 1090 comments):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12748863