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George Hotz is the founder of Comma.ai, a machine learning based vehicle automation company. He is an outspoken personality in the field of AI and technology in general. He first gained recognition for being the first person to carrier-unlock an iPhone, and since then has done quite a few interesting things at the intersection of hardware and software.

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We're gonna be 1 to 2 years behind Tesla getting to level 5.

I'm just saying once Tesla gets it, we're 1 to 2 years behind.

I'm not making any timeline on when Tesla's going to

So what do you think about this, the most level 4 companies are kind of just doing their usual safety driver, doing full autonomy kind of testing, and then Tesla does basically trying to go from lane keeping to full autonomy.

It's a ton better approach because Tesla is gathering data on a scale that none of them are.

They're putting real users behind the wheel of the cars.

It's, I think, the only strategy that works.

Well, so there's a few components to Tesla approach that's more than just the incremental.

You spoke with is the ones, the software.

But those differentiate them from the automakers.

No lane keeping assist systems have, no cars with lane keeping system have that except Tesla.

And the other 1 is the data, the other direction, which is the ability to query the data.

I don't think they're actually collecting as much data as people think, but the ability to turn on collection and turn it off.


Speaker 0: Tesla's gonna win level 5. They really are.

Speaker 1: So let's talk about it. You think, you're focused on level 2. Currently. Currently.

Speaker 0: We're gonna be 1 to 2 years behind Tesla getting to level 5. Okay. We're Android, right? We're Android. You're Android.

I'm just saying once Tesla gets it, we're 1 to 2 years behind. I'm not making any timeline on when Tesla's going to

Speaker 1: get it. That's Right, you did, that's brilliant. So what do you think about this, the most level 4 companies are kind of just doing their usual safety driver, doing full autonomy kind of testing, and then Tesla does basically trying to go from lane keeping to full autonomy. What do you think about that approach? How successful would it be?

Speaker 0: It's a ton better approach because Tesla is gathering data on a scale that none of them are. They're putting real users behind the wheel of the cars. It's, I think, the only strategy that works. The incremental.

Speaker 1: Well, so there's a few components to Tesla approach that's more than just the incremental. You spoke with is the ones, the software. So over the air software updates.

Speaker 0: Necessity. I mean, Waymo crews have those too. Those aren't. But those differentiate them from the automakers.

Speaker 1: Right. No lane keeping assist systems have, no cars with lane keeping system have that except Tesla. Yeah. And the other 1 is the data, the other direction, which is the ability to query the data. I don't think they're actually collecting as much data as people think, but the ability to turn on collection and turn it off.

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