I’m joined by George Hotz, founder and President of Comma.ai. My co-interviewer is Emmet Peppers (https://twitter.com/emmetpeppers).
Comma.ai website, https://comma.ai
George Hotz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgehotz/
George Hotz Archive Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgKmJM4ZJQRJ-U5NjvR2dg
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:17 - Comma.ai - $9m in revenue, 20 employees
3:30 - George owns majority, sole board member
4:10 - Master plan of Comma.ai
8:47 - What is limiting factor to improve performance?
10:33 - How will solve corner cases?
12:45 - End-to-end learning vs Tesla vision approach
24:50 - When will Comma.ai do city driving?
35:40 - Only 3: Tesla, Comma.ai, Mobileye
39:23 - Importance of data vs processing
40:25 - Auto-labeling
43:15 - Impressions of Tesla FSD Beta 8
44:47 - How does Comma.ai add additional cameras?
47:53 - What is ideal partnership or acquisition?
49:22 - Business model explained
51:30 - Equipment requirements to install Comma Two or Comma Three
56:35 - Any plans to expand to RVs of big rigs?
57:45 - Is Lidar a trap?
1:01:45 - Thoughts on Google as organization
1:08:01 - Cool things happening in Crypto
1:13:15 - Thoughts on Neuralink
1:24:06 - Can AI mimic human soul element?
1:27:08 - Toward cooking/cleaning robots
1:33:00 - How to solve last foot delivery?
1:34:20 - Will Apple make anApple Car?
1:39:18 - What do you think of Chinese EV makers?
1:41:06 - Will Tesla license FSD?
1:47:20 - Is Tesla leader of real-world AI?
1:48:40 - Tesla Dojo as a service?
1:41:28 - Tesla to build robots
1:54:30 - Regulation of AI
1:57:30 - Metaverse
2:05:00 - Singularity
2:08:57 - Simulation, God
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