Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars | Lex Fridman Podcast #147

Dmitri Dolgov is the CTO of Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:16 – Computer games
7:23 – Childhood
9:55 – Robotics
10:44 – Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
12:56 – DARPA Urban Challenge
23:16 – Waymo origin story
38:58 – Waymo self-driving hardware
47:31 – Connected cars
53:23 – Waymo fully driverless service in Phoenix
57:45 – Getting feedback from riders
1:05:58 – Creating a product that people love
1:11:49 – Do self-driving cars need to break the rules like humans do?
1:18:33 – Waymo Trucks
1:24:11 – Future of Waymo
1:37:23 – Role of lidar in autonomous driving
1:50:23 – Machine learning is essential for autonomous driving
1:54:25 – Pedestrians
2:01:02 – Trolley problem
2:05:30 – Book recommendations
2:16:56 – Meaning of life

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