# Waymo’s co-ceo presents on AI driving

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**Created:** [August 5, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/waymo-s-co-ceo-presents-on-ai-driving/125816 "2026-08-05T03:30:20Z")\
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> [@FOOLME45](#):
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> it’s the statements of those building a vision only system and the rationale for it.

Yes, the **people without a scaling autonomous product** do say that.

I didn’t write that vision-only is “flawed”:

> [@FOOLME45](#):
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> If vision only and the rationale for it is flawed

I wrote that it may be **less capable** than multi-sensor for super-human safety.

And I wrote that **this rationale** is flawed:

> [@FOOLME45](#):
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> When Lidar and the cameras conflict in terms of decision making, which system should take precedence?

Because, according to Waymo (and other experts):

> [@mostlylong](#):
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> **benefit from the complementary physics of the different sensing modalities**

Here’s Nuro:

> [@Risk of Tesla camera-only self-driving](https://discussion.fool.com/t/risk-of-tesla-camera-only-self-driving/119245/234):
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> A common counterargument is that adding sensors increases system complexity. That is true to some extent. But complexity, in this case, is an engineering problem rather than a fundamental barrier. **Sensor fusion, calibration, and redundancy are hard problems, but they are solvable ones**. When solved well, they yield systems that are more robust across lighting conditions and environmental variability, with **multiple sensing modalities providing complementary and redundant information.**

> [@FOOLME45](#):
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> what is the motivation for Musk to pursue something that will not work or unnecessarily takes on greater risk of failure?

I don’t know? Cost? Ignorance? Both?

Five minutes of a web search will find answers on how and why multi-sensor works in machine learning and while conflicts among sensor data is a thing that happens, it is nowhere near being some kind of dealbreaker in **modern models** - as Waymo’s millions of weekly autonomous miles has shown us for years now.

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