Driverless cars worse at detecting children and darker-skinned pedestrians say scientists::Researchers call for tighter regulations following major age and race-based discrepancies in AI autonomous systems.

  • 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wouldn’t good driverless cars use radars or lidars or whatever? Seems like the biggest issue here is that darker skin tones are harder for cameras to see

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      1 year ago

      I think many driverless car companies insist on only using cameras. I guess lidars/radars are expensive.