This is #6 of 6 parts of an interview with James Douma, recorded on June 22, 2021. Andrej Karpathy CVPR presentation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6bOwQdCJrc .

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James Douma on AI playlist, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfibpgBinf9R7KIedEU3y-YjrA63LSKHX

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:05 - Why Tesla needs a supercomputer

04:55 - GPU vs neural net processor

07:30 - $150 million supercomputer (estimate)

10:30 - What is Dojo?

15:00 - Thermals & cooling

17:55 - Computer power importance, scaling, OpenAI

19:25 - Time to train Tesla neural nets?

21:10 - Tesla AI Day expectations

24:20 - Who is in the same league as Tesla?

27:45 - Does Tesla need Lidar, ever?

32:52 - Difficulty of sensor fusion

37:20 - Conclusion

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