Lex Fridman Podcast

#147 – Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars

12.20.2020 - By Lex FridmanPlay

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Dmitri Dolgov is the CTO of Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(07:46) - Computer games

(12:52) - Childhood

(15:24) - Robotics

(16:14) - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

(18:26) - DARPA Urban Challenge

(28:46) - Waymo origin story

(44:27) - Waymo self-driving hardware

(53:00) - Connected cars

(58:53) - Waymo fully driverless service in Phoenix

(1:03:14) - Getting feedback from riders

(1:11:28) - Creating a product that people love

(1:17:18) - Do self-driving cars need to break the rules like humans do?

(1:24:03) - Waymo Trucks

(1:29:41) - Future of Waymo

(1:42:53) - Role of lidar in autonomous driving

(1:55:53) - Machine learning is essential for autonomous driving

(1:59:55) - Pedestrians

(2:06:32) - Trolley problem

(2:11:00) - Book recommendations

(2:22:26) - Meaning of life

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