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The betting on cameras alone is basically an Elon Musk thing. His reasoning is basically that if humans can do it AI should be able to do it. So far the software isn't really up to it but time will tell. Some stuff - https://www.engineering.com/now-revealed-why-teslas-have-onl...



I wonder how that approach handles dense fog?

I used to regularly have to make a left turn onto a rural highway on foggy mornings. Sometimes people drive faster than they should in fog. Sometimes fast enough that by the time they could see I'm in the intersection turning they would be too close to stop.

Cars going fast enough to have that problem made enough sound that they could be heard quite a bit farther away than they could be seen. I'd open my windows at the intersection and listen until I couldn't hear any highway traffic. Then I'd know that any approaching cars are far enough away that I should have time to turn onto the highway and get up to speed before they arrive.


Yeah. Also I don't know how good the Tesla cameras are but my car has a reversing camera and it's ok for going back 2m at 2mph but kind of terrible compared to looking forward through the windscreen.




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