[metamuas]

Can someone explain to me why Tesla didn't bootstrap itself with cameras/LIDAR, then remove the LIDAR? I mean teaching an AI depth perception and the ability to model objects by vision, without including training data from LIDAR just seems kind of silly.

[mariebks]

That’s exactly what they did. They used LiDAR to train their vision neural nets to accurately compute the distance of every pixel. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/tesla-achieved-the-accu...

[mariebks]

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-x-lidar-equipment-phot...

[yunyu]

How many people would buy a Tesla that costs 3x as much?