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Sacha Arnoud, Director of Engineering, Waymo - MIT Self-Driving Cars

Sacha Arnoud, Waymo's Director of Engineering, gives a lecture in MIT's 2018 deep learning for self-driving cars course on the rise of machine learning in autonomous vehicles. It covers how Waymo uses deep learning and how it handles tricky driving situations.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Pointed to during self-driving news threads as an insider view of Waymo's progress, deep learning's role and its limits.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Lex Fridman
Topic
self-driving cars
Format
lecture
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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  • I believe this talk will specifically and completely answer your questions: [VIDEO] Short answer: Self driving vehicles do use deep learning, but they avoid some types not because it is unreliable, but it is processing power intense. Traffic lights, road signs, pedestrians etc.. That's a …

    RosanaAnaDana on Hacker News · 2018-03
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  • It is both an over and underhyped field depending on the area you are looking at. HUGE difference between consumer self driving car [Everywhere, at all times] and the Machines as a Service [Geo, time, weather-fenced operations][1]. Waymo appears to be at the head of …

    lacerta on Hacker News · 2018-03
    In Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street

  • The second article I linked to also mentioned work on unmapped roads: [LINK] Waymo has solved problem after problem you think they haven't solved yet, for some reason. They've intentionally gone after unpredictable situations and dealt with them. Look at any video where they explain …

    Zarel on Hacker News · 2018-08
    In Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur

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