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Driverless cars worse at detecting children and darker-skinned pedestrians say scientists(www.kcl.ac.uk)

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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.

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Dave@lemmy.nz
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That seems like the car is relying way too much on video to detect surroundings…

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reddig33@lemmy.world
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Bingo.

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Haquer@lemmy.today
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Sooo… like the Tesla?

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Dave@lemmy.nz
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Haha yes, but from the article I got the impression it was across all tested brands. Tesla is being called out at the moment for not having the appropriate hardware that other brands are using (e.g. LIDAR).

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