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 19: Engineering a Driverless Future
Chris Urmson, co-founder and CEO of the self-driving technology startup Aurora, joins Azeem Azhar to explore the state-of-play of self-driving technology, the criticisms the tech must address, and the huge challenges to be overcome before we trust a computer to drive our kids to school.
They also discuss:
- How Aurora’s founders built their “no jerks,” team-oriented culture.
- The importance of new LIDAR sensors (light-radar) for achieving faster speeds with bigger vehicles.
- Why Aurora is skipping the baby steps and heading straight for the prize of fully autonomous driving (in specified locations and conditions).
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Further resources:
- “The Truth About Autonomy” (Exponential View podcast, 2019)
- “Uber ATG And Aurora Merge To Staggering $10B Valuation” (Forbes, 2020)
- “The Rumored Apple Car Is Bad News for Elon” (Wired, 2021)
- “Meet K.I.T.T.” (Youtube, 1980s TV series Knight Rider)