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ai.bythebay.io: George Hotz, Self-Driving Lessons from Comma AI

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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

  1. “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”

  2. “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”

  3. “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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