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The risk is the image classifier deciding there isn't anything to collide with and not bothering to steer around.


Is this just speculation or do reflective surfaces like traffic vests actually dazzle cameras/LIDAR?


Uber ran over a woman [1] walking with a bicycle because she "didn't exist" as far as their software was concerned. This is a real danger when using the public as beta testers for robots. The Uber vehicle has more sophisticated sensors than a Tesla which is winging it with just cameras.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg




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