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Lex Fridman
The podcast explores the state of autonomous vehicles in 2019, emphasizing a mission to improve mobility access for all ages and locations while increasing traffic efficiency and, most critically, saving lives by preventing fatalities. The speaker highlights two major milestones from 2018: Waymo rea …
Lex Fridman
Chris Urmson, a leading roboticist and former CTO of Google's self-driving car team, reflects on his journey from Carnegie Mellon University to founding Aurora Innovation. His early work involved the DARPA Grand Challenges and Urban Challenge at CMU under Red Whittaker, where he learned that autonom …