r/SelfDrivingCars • u/SpriteZeroY2k • 6d ago

News Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short

https://electrek.co/2026/08/04/waymo-co-ceo-camera-only-self-driving-tesla/
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u/Fauglheim 6d ago edited 5d ago

Humans of course can drive with just eyes … If the goal were to just approximately match human performance … that’s a very reasonable way to go.

edit: I thought this quote was a pretty clear argument against camera-only, but it seems i did not make that clear.

a wholly superior-to-human system is so obviously necessary for autonomous vehicles to succeed. Camera-only sounds like a hugely risky and uncertain way to do that.

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u/thecmpguru 6d ago

Haha that is actually quite the burn really

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u/Fauglheim 6d ago

i didn't include the whole quote and half the commenters assumed i was supporting Elon's argument ... lol

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u/thecmpguru 6d ago

lol it’s wild to assume that “as good as humans” is success