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#147 – Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
Lex Fridman Podcast
Dec 20, 2020
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2 hr 29 min
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Dmitri Dolgov is the CTO of Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Tryolabs:
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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (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
