ai.bythebay.io: George Hotz, Self-Driving Lessons from Comma AI
What it is
George Hotz of Comma AI gives a 2017 conference talk on lessons from building a self-driving system. He argues about how driving should be defined and why the common approach to autonomous vehicles is flawed.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters point to it as a candid, contrarian view of self-driving approaches and the real limits of the business.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2018, last 2021
What HN commenters said
“George Hotz has a killer talk about why the general approach to autonomous vehicles is flawed. I highly recommend it.”
Why general approach to autonomous vehicles is flawed
whalesalad, 2019-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Drivers Refuse to Put Down Their Phones. People Keep Dying”
“His whole talk is interesting but the short part about that is here”
Hotz on defining driving as humans drive, quirks included
arich, 2018-05 · Recommendation · in “Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck”
“he is very open about limitations and the actual reality of the self driving business.”
Hotz candid about limits and reality of self-driving business
dna_polymerase, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' isn't real”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: george hotz, comma ai, autonomous vehicles, machine learning, driving
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