Waymo: The future of autonomous driving with Vincent Vanhoucke

About this episode

Hannah Fry discusses the complexities of autonomous driving with Waymo's Vincent Vanhoucke and experiences a Waymo vehicle firsthand.

How do you train an AI to drive safer than a human? Professor Hannah Fry sits down with Waymo Distinguished Engineer Vincent Vanhoucke to break down the complexities of autonomous driving—from the "closed loop" problem of real-world traffic to using generative AI for simulation. Plus, Hannah moves from theory to practice, taking a Waymo for a spin in California to experience it firsthand.

People in this episode

Host: Hannah Fry

Guest: Vincent Vanhoucke

Topics covered

• autonomous driving
• AI training
• generative AI
• real-world traffic
• simulation
• technology

Keywords

• autonomous driving
• AI
• Waymo
• Vincent Vanhoucke
• Hannah Fry
• simulation
• generative AI
• closed loop problem

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Organizations: Waymo

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