Lex Fridman PodcastGeorge Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Podcast #31
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- August 5, 2019
- Duration
- 1h 59m
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
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: https://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: https://lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact *OUTLINE:* 0:00 - Introduction 1:00 - Simulation 6:36 - Hacking 26:45 - Comma ai and autonomous vehicles 1:17:30 - Car Insurance business plan 1:19:30 - Why LIDAR is a Crutch 1:27:30 - Three autonomous driving problems 1:49:12 - Hard work 1:50:20 - Merging with AI 1:56:50 - Winning *PODCAST LINKS:*
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and George Hotz, George Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Podcast #31 explores george Hotz on hacking, Comma.ai, and the real self‑driving race George Hotz discusses his journey from iPhone hacker to founder of Comma.ai, outlining how his company builds camera-based, retrofit driver-assistance systems that rival Tesla Autopilot. He argues that the only viable path to full autonomy is incremental Level 2 systems powered by large-scale data and end‑to‑end learning, not HD maps and lidar-heavy stacks like Waymo and Cruise. Hotz emphasizes driver monitoring, clear safety models, and a practical business roadmap that includes becoming a car insurance provider. The conversation ranges widely into hacking culture, programming practice, simulation, AI girlfriends, and the coming “singularity” where machine compute surpasses biological intelligence.
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