I just skimmed the video, but it seems like there’s more salesmanship than there is explanation of what the network is doing, how its capabilities would compare to using e.g. a small RNN, and how far it actually generalizes.
Remember that self-driving cars first appeared in the 1980s—lane-keeping is actually a very simple task if you only need 99% reliability. I don’t think their demos are super informative about the utility of this architecture to complicated tasks.
So I’d be interested if you looked into it more and think that my first impression is unfair.
I just skimmed the video, but it seems like there’s more salesmanship than there is explanation of what the network is doing, how its capabilities would compare to using e.g. a small RNN, and how far it actually generalizes.
Remember that self-driving cars first appeared in the 1980s—lane-keeping is actually a very simple task if you only need 99% reliability. I don’t think their demos are super informative about the utility of this architecture to complicated tasks.
So I’d be interested if you looked into it more and think that my first impression is unfair.