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Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?

Mark Rober

Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?

Mark Rober tests whether self-driving cars can be fooled, comparing a lidar-equipped car with a camera-only Tesla in scenarios including a painted Wile E. Coyote wall and smoke.

HN uses it as the reference demonstration in lidar versus camera debates, though some critics fault its methodology and style.

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