Oliver has an unparalleled openness and passion for autonomous vehicles that makes him one of the most interesting people to follow on the topic. Also, focusing on retirement communities is a great example of the idea that the path to market disruption may not be the same as the path to market entry. Good business, good engineering, and good vibes.

@carvalhoribeiro

5 жыл бұрын

It strongly reinforces the purpose of developing autonomous vehicles with some good examples. Thanks to Oliver and Lex for the great lecture.

Very honest and down to earth talk explaining both the techniques and problems along the way, providing great insight of what it's like to be a founder of the cutting-edge tech. Thanks Lex!

thank you so much for these videos. I know i am in for a good time when i get that youtube notification.

Thanks. Great content on the SDCars and business model

Thanks, super interesting video.

very interesting, especially the part about retirement community.

I would strongly suggest that Voyage look into finding vehicles to adapt to autonomous that people can walk into. Being able to walk into a vehicle (like a bus) is easier on the body and speeds up entry and exit for any age person but especially for 55+. I could see a much higher buy in by seniors if this element was taken into consideration and if one of every five vehicles had wheelchair/handicap access ability even better. Going after only "active" seniors is really limiting your market in retirement communities.

Funny, "Get on my computer, and just build, build, build" is how I feel like every time I flip back from Python to C++. Thanks for the talk!!!!!!!!

Question to Oliver Cameron: once your car hit the "road A" all the info stored somewhere, so next time a program just compare info from the previous trip or the program scan "road A" all over again?

Interesting talk. Even though it's more about the business side. For a startup this seems kinda difficult to go into new and complex technology and it's not really clear if you can make a product even after six months.

all that good stuff

Passion without knowledge is doomed to fail.

The more complex the system, the more likely it is that something will go wrong.

When I first time saw the speaker I thought he is Russian wearing Adidas.

First !!!

Your biggest challenge is the fact that hardly anyone really needs or wants this technology, thus there will be no significant market for it. Seniors? They tend to resist anything new, least of all something that could go completely out of control with no warning. The taxicab industry? Sorry, but I see no advantage for the consumer in hailing a driverless cab over a conventional one. And the companies will balk when all the additional costs of purchasing, maintaining and insuring these vehicles become clear -- especially when most of their clients will continue to prefer traditional taxis, with drivers who can assist them with their luggage, help them in and out of their seats, if handicapped, etc.

@SwirlyMats

5 жыл бұрын

you didn't watch the speech or?

@victorgrauer5834

5 жыл бұрын

I watched most, but not all. What do you think I missed?

@winomaster

5 жыл бұрын

Half the cost of a cab is in the driver. Yet you can't see how a driverless cab could work financially for the company. That's quite a statement. If an elderly person has baggage, they can call a conventional cab. Both type cabs will be available. "Nobody really needs or wants this technology." Really? Who doesn't want half price cab rides? And once the electric car tech matures, the cost of the car and fuel is expected to drop to a tenth of the ICE car, given the longer life of the electric car. The cost of rides will become so cheap, the trouble of cleaning it up once a week won't be worth the bother. Will you want the expense of building a garage on your house?

@victorgrauer5834

5 жыл бұрын

@@winomaster You seriously underestimate the cost of all the sensors, computers, programming, upgrades, etc. that will be needed, not to mention the continual maintenance that would be required to meet the demands of the insurance companies. Companies such as Lyft and Uber don't even purchase their own vehicles, the drivers provide their own. If these companies go to self driving cars they'll have to make a huge upfront investment before they even get started.

@BC-ew2kk

5 жыл бұрын

To think autonomous cars will not needed or accepted by the public is similar to saying people wont need to fly or go to the moon. Autonomous vehicles will greatly improve traffic, reduce accidents and push artificial intelligence to the next level. The amount of data on current road conditions, the way people use the existing roads like increase in bicycle usage to people crossing streets which dont have cross walks to live pot hole alerts, the benefits are infinite. There be a point where humans will be the major blocker of traffic inefficiency, likely to cause fees associated to drive manually during heavy traffic periods.