About a GM executive calling Musk's claim of Level 5 driving without lidar impossible.
Has this happened?
Yes 39 (34%)Not sure 27 (24%)No 48 (42%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About a GM executive calling Musk's claim of Level 5 driving without lidar impossible.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
With the current state of computer vision and AI, I would agree with GM. There's a lot of fast and loose talk about what AI can and can't do, but the reality is we're not even close to having general intelligence which would, at least in a rudimentary form, be necessary to safely navigate a car using only optical recognition.