Dean Pomerleau at Carnegie Mellon University built ALVINN (Autonomous Land Vehicle in a Neural Network), a precursor to modern self-driving cars. It was a simple neural network connected to a video camera that successfully steered a physical military truck on public roads at speeds up to 70 km/h.
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Eko-AI Minimalist Visualization: Conceptual visual representation of The Autonomous ALVINN Vehicle (1989). Raw human centric design, solarpunk aesthetic, organic geometric symbiosis, zero-emission digital canvas, high-contrast clean contrast illustration, anti-algorithmic art.