How will the future unfold? What is the impact of technology on business & society? As technology reorders the world in which live, who will be the winners and who will be the losers? Join Azeem Azhar, curator of the Exponential View newsletter, in deep conversation with the world's leading thinkers and practitioners exploring these and other important questions. The views expressed on this podcast are those of its hosts, guests, and callers, and not those of Harvard Business Review.
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episode 56: AI Takes the Wheel: New Advances in Autonomous Driving
Artificial Intelligence is on every business leader’s agenda. How do we make sense of the fast-moving new developments in AI over the past year? Azeem Azhar returns to bring clarity to leaders who face a complicated information landscape.
This week, Azeem joins Alex Kendall, co-founder and CEO of autonomous driving start-up Wayve, to uncover how the AI revolution is enabling new strides in self-driving. They delve into the implications of these advancements for urban mobility and the transformation of cities in the future.
They discuss:
- How business models in the automotive industry are shifting towards AI integration and subscription-based services.
- The role “embodied AI” is playing in shaping everyday assistance, beyond just digital interactions, in the future.
- The challenges and breakthroughs of applying AI in complex, unpredictable environments, like road traffic.
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Further resources:
- Ride the Wayve: Azeem Azhar Goes for an Autonomous Drive on London’s Toughest Roads (Wayve, 2023)
- UK Start-up Wayve Unveils Self-Driving System that Explains Its Actions (Financial Times, 2023)