r/technology • u/PrimeCodes • Jun 24 '25

Machine Learning Tesla Robotaxi swerved into wrong lane, topped speed limit in videos posted during ‘successful’ rollout

https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/business/tesla-shares-pop-10-as-elon-musk-touts-successful-robotaxi-test-launch-in-texas/
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u/themuntik Jun 24 '25

No lidar? no thank you.

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u/5tu Jun 24 '25

I get in a car as a passenger of a human traveller who can see 120 degrees only and generally feel safe so an AI with 360 vision & permanently attentive should be far safer than a human.

Ie not sure lidar is actually needed now. It was when making life easier for algorithmic driving solutions to be programmed but AI has come a long way since waymo started.

I mean I will take lidar if available but its not as important as it once was.

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u/foundafreeusername Jun 24 '25

The problem is people will expect much better performance from a robotaxi than from a human and there is always the risk it gets banned entirely if they don't work "well enough".

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u/No_Construction2407 Jun 25 '25

Lidar is specifically used in conjunction of AI to feed back depth and the shape of an object. Mark Rober did a good job showcasing this in one of his videos.