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They are running a fleet of taxis around the Bay Area. It's kind of scary because they aren't that safe, given the lack of LIDAR. But they are doing it anyway.
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In the Bay Area they have human supervisors but in Austin they are autonomous.
Is there data to suggest they are unsafe in Austin - as in less safe than a human?
What makes you say they aren't safe? The numbers say they are about 4-6x safer than a car with a human driver.
Photogrammetry + AI has developed to the degree, that there are 3D scanning apps on iPhone that don't even use the Lidar when available, so you can certainly make do without and get comparable results.
I don’t see why it’s scary. Most cars on the road have a driver and no LIDAR. The cybercab is no different.
They all have someone behind the wheel. Tesla doesn't have a driverless permit in the Bay Area.