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

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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