“You don’t need lidar to drive a car, so why should the car need lidar to drive the car?” -Elon Musk, like six years ago
I’m sure George Hotz also has some pithy takes on this.
Anyway, this all completely misses the point. Waymo was born of a DARPA challenge and continued to exist to search for even more DoD money. But we don’t need self driving tanks when we can pilot them remotely.
If AI is suitable for 99% of driving, why not use remote drivers for the remaining 1%? (eg. accidents, construction, adverse weather)
You could have a central office in a cheap location of the USA for professional drivers to take control as required. We already do it military for drone strikes...
I’m sure George Hotz also has some pithy takes on this.
Anyway, this all completely misses the point. Waymo was born of a DARPA challenge and continued to exist to search for even more DoD money. But we don’t need self driving tanks when we can pilot them remotely.