mark_l_watsonon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Camera vs. Lidar”
I strongly recommend Lex Firdman’s recent interview with George Hotz where they covered this topic in some detail link to this video
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George Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Podcast #31
Lex Fridman
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- Recommended by 8 people: 7 on Hacker News and 1 in engineering communities.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2019 to 2026.
- Presented by George Hotz, founder of Comma.ai
- May be out of date. Uploaded 7 years ago, in an area where tools change fast.
- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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George Hotz discusses autonomous vehicle technology, the approach of Comma.ai, and why camera-based systems will outperform lidar.
George Hotz is the founder of Comma.ai, a machine learning based vehicle automation company. He is an outspoken personality in the field of AI and technology in general. He first gained recognition for being the first person to carrier-unlock an iPhone, and since then has done quite a few interesting things at the intersection of hardware and software. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep31-sb See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: lexfridman.com/contact *OUTLINE:* - Introduction - Simulation - Hacking - Comma ai and autonomous vehicles - Car Insurance business plan - Why LIDAR is a Crutch - Three autonomous driving problems - Hard work - Merging with AI - Winning *PODCAST LINKS:* - Podcast Website: lexfridman.com/podcast - Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2lwqZIr - Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0AE0Rd4y1X5s9swtggIoNB - RSS: lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ - Podcast Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 - Clips Channel: youtube.com/lexclips *SOCIAL LINKS:* - X: x.com/lexfridman - Instagram: instagram.com/lexfridman - TikTok: tiktok.com/@lexfridman - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: facebook.com/lexfridman - Patreon: patreon.com/lexfridman - Telegram: t.me/lexfridman - Reddit: reddit.com/r/lexfridmanWhy it's here
8 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as an engaging and highly opinionated discussion on the future of self-driving cars and camera-based computer vision.
bkoon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?”
I loved this interview Lex Fridman had with George Hotz. He's very opinionated original thinker with the credentials to back it up. He runs comma.ai, sellers of a device that can plug into many cars and drive for you. link to this video
nomelon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands”
There's a few Lex Fridman podcasts with George Hotz, the founder. Highly recommend them: #31 link to this video #132 link #387 link
rmasonon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Camera vs. Lidar”
I suspect this is yet another story sponsored by the Tesla shorts. Just saw an excellent two hour interview by Lex Fridman of George Hotz and he goes into details why he thinks camera will win over lidar. But he also admits that presently Google is ahead of everyone in the race for level 5, but raises the question of whether they can ever do it economically enough to make money on it? link to this video 2 hours! Money quote is when Lex tells him, ""Some non-zero part of your brain has a madman in it" I'd argue that is true of many of the greatest inventors of our time.
dumbfounddedon Hacker News • Recommends
On “How Uber Got Lost”
…in cars you sell. Maybe Uber could force their drivers to install kits but I doubt it. Self-driving cars will emerge over time as new features in cars you buy. This is already happening (ie brake assist). You'll then just get updates to your car when new features become available. There's a pretty good talk about the future self-driving cars here: link to this video…
czron Hacker News • Recommends
On “Show HN: Autopilot written in Keras for Self Driving Cars”
for specifics, would recommend to simply read the code. for overall context, geohot has done interviews (0, 1) and that give overview of comma/openpilot at high level. 0 link 1 link to this video
kickon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Comma Two Devkit”
link to this video This Lex Friedman interview is pretty explanatory on the topic of responsibility. A couple of highlights, which point to Comma being at minimum more responsible than Tesla: Comma doesn't advertise itself as anything beyond L2, unlike Tesla; Comma doesn't fuck up eye-detection, it refuses to cooperate with a driver who has their eyes off the road.
merryjeon Hacker News • Mentions
On “On Device Learning”
He was on the Lex Fridman podcast twice. He's definitely an interesting guy. I've been following comma.ai for some time now it's really cool seeing how much they've accomplished. August 2019 - link to this video October 2020 - link