James Douma: HD maps were a fine crutch, but Tesla's vision-only path is the mainline now
jamesdouma · x · 2026-10-07
James Douma argues HD maps were the right call for early Waymo, but deep learning has enabled camera-based general driving intelligence. Centimeter-perfect maps don't scale and prove the intelligence is missing; Waymo is a valuable backup that likely won't be needed.
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