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Lex Fridman
Chris Gerdes, a professor at Stanford University and former Chief Innovation Officer of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), presented his perspective on bridging advanced vehicle technology with regulatory policy. With experience dating back to 1992 working on automated highway projects f …
Lex Fridman
Sterling Anderson, co-founder of Aurora and former head of Tesla's Autopilot team, shared his decade-long journey from MIT research to leading autonomous vehicle development at both Tesla and his new company. His work began with DARPA-funded projects focusing on "intelligent copilots" that blended h …
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 …