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Autonomous Vehicles

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May 18, 2026 at 8:36pm ET

Tesla FSD Sees What Human Eyes Cannot. I'm a Little Less Skeptical Today.

I'm skeptical of Tesla's camera+radar (no Lidar) approach to autonomous driving. The sensor fusion debate has raged for years and the lidar camp has strong arguments.

Source: X / @elonmusk

Autonomous Vehicles Computer Vision

Elon Musk tweet showing two side-by-side camera frames from a Tesla. Left frame is the human-perceived RGB image, almost entirely white from extreme glare. Right frame is the Tesla AI photon count reconstruction of the same sensor data, showing a clear residential street with parked cars, houses, and lane markings.

May 4, 2026 at 1:39pm ET

Ouster's new color lidar doesn't eliminate sensor fusion. It moves it inside the box.

Ouster just announced color lidar that captures both visual and 3D depth data simultaneously from a single sensor. The CEO calls it "the holy grail of what a roboticist has always wanted.

Source: TechCrunch / Ouster / NVIDIA Blog

Hardware Autonomous Vehicles

Color point cloud from Ouster's new lidar showing cars, pedestrians, and Yosemite's El Capitan in the background.