#147 – Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(07:46) – Computer games<br />
(12:52) – Childhood<br />
(15:24) – Robotics<br />
(16:14) – Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology<br />
(18:26) – DARPA Urban Challenge<br />
(28:46) – Waymo origin story<br />
(44:27) – Waymo self-driving hardware<br />
(53:00) – Connected cars<br />
(58:53) – Waymo fully driverless service in Phoenix<br />
(1:03:14) – Getting feedback from riders<br />
(1:11:28) – Creating a product that people love<br />
(1:17:18) – Do self-driving cars need to break the rules like humans do?<br />
(1:24:03) – Waymo Trucks<br />
(1:29:41) – Future of Waymo<br />
(1:42:53) – Role of lidar in autonomous driving<br />
(1:55:53) – Machine learning is essential for autonomous driving<br />
(1:59:55) – Pedestrians<br />
(2:06:32) – Trolley problem<br />
(2:11:00) – Book recommendations<br />
(2:22:26) – Meaning of life</p>