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wear this sweater, get hit by a tesla, sue elon, roll around in a golden wheelchair forever

Your joke is not as far fetched as one might think! There have been multiple instances [0][1] of a Tesla (and also other car makes, for that matter) where the image recognition system could be tricked.

I wonder at which point we'll deem fooling a autonomous car a misdemeanor instead of changing the underlying AI system.

[0] https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/02/19/868188/hackers-c...

[1] https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/04/01/65915/hackers-tr...

You doesn't need a "ML Invisibility Cloak", it seems as a shopping cart [1] was at least some time ago (2018?) sufficient.

[1] "Tesla does not see you if you are pushing a shopping cart" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw51rMUJFfY

More recently, Tesla seems to struggle with motorcyclists sometimes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRdzIs4FJJg

Too be fair, so do a lot of human drivers. Something about motorbikes makes them difficult to perceive. Not sure if it is car pillar design, not expecting to see them there (a prior of just looking for cars) or just a small frontal area.

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