Sebastian Thrun AMA on reddit

Sebastian Thrun AMA on reddit(reddit.com)

175 points by ih 13 years ago | 13 comments

There's also one from a couple days ago that he responded to earlier today.

This response re the self driving car was particularly interesting-

"While the technology has progressed a lot, it still can't handle all situations we want it to handle. But on the positive end, I have taken the car a number of times to Lake Tahoe (highway only), and every time it drove flawlessly."

vecter 13 years ago |

Here's a Charlie Rose interview with Sebastian Thrun: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12321

It struck me how the overwhelmingly positive response to his online Stanford class took him by surprise and really spurred him to want to open up education. I guess even the most accomplished among us can become inspired.

soldermont001 13 years ago | |

I really liked his comment about Stanford students not getting much out of him, that they're already very brilliant, and it makes more sense for him to teach students that would get much more out of him.

d0mine 13 years ago | |

Here's a youtube link of the interview for devices that do not support flash http://youtu.be/FzpCcJ8sXik

rauljara 13 years ago | |

Absolutely.

In my experience the most genuinely accomplished people are always getting enthusiastic and inspired about one new thing or another. I think their capacity to be inspired is one of the main reasons they became accomplished in the first place.

whichdan 13 years ago |

Anyone else planning on doing the Intro to Statistics course?

eddie_the_head 13 years ago | |

We in #Udacity on irc.freenode.net definitely are :) !

You can join via webchat if you don't have an IRC client yet: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=udacity

whichdan 13 years ago | | |

Very cool, added to my channel list in Textual.

Just started the Crypto course and it's paced really well, I like it.

Alex3917 13 years ago | |

I'm going to do it but not this hex. I need to finish up 212 first, and I'm also going to take the testing class and the social network algorithms one.

jonnyscholes 13 years ago | |

I'm planning to, it coincides perfectly when i finish my exams! And the social algos one to.

daveying99 13 years ago |

I find it telling that in this AMA as well as a few other interviews he seems to be noticeably more excited about the educational startup that he's a CEO of than the driverless car or glass projects. I guess no matter how great an environment an employer provides (and my understanding is that Google X is an upgrade from the regular Google) there's just more excitement when you're captain of your own ship.

martincmartin 13 years ago | |

Or when it's new. He's been doing driverless cars for > 10 years.

StephenFalken 13 years ago |

I can't forget an inspiring and landmark conference communication given by Sebastian Thrun last January that struck me deeply:

http://youtu.be/SkneoNrfadk