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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