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Mark Rober Tests Whether Self-Driving Cars Can Be Fooled

Mark Rober · Demo · 19 min · 2025 · YouTube title: Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?
Why it's here

HN uses it as the reference demonstration in lidar versus camera debates, though some critics fault its methodology and style.

What it covers

Mark Rober tests whether self-driving cars can be fooled, comparing a lidar-equipped car with a camera-only Tesla in scenarios including a painted Wile E. Coyote wall and smoke.