LOLOLOL "it's unfortunate that they're making a working product rather than writing papers for academic journals" never change, academia, never change [ just kidding; I know you never will ]https://twitter.com/ruskin147/status/1299951803275055114 …
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Nope. They sell their services as consultants to the VCs. Taking out an easy target, say "full self driving without LIDAR by end of 2016" or a standard demo passing itself as a new thing is a way to establish that they're worth the $$$$ for the hard targets.
"They sell" - current tense? Or is this again in your ideal system that doesn't yet exist?
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