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Dmitri Dolgov is the CTO of Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
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  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:46) - Computer games
  (12:52) - Childhood
  (15:24) - Robotics
  (16:14) - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
  (18:26) - DARPA Urban Challenge
  (28:46) - Waymo origin story
  (44:27) - Waymo self-driving hardware
  (53:00) - Connected cars
  (58:53) - Waymo fully driverless service in Phoenix
  (1:03:14) - Getting feedback from riders
  (1:11:28) - Creating a product that people love
  (1:17:18) - Do self-driving cars need to break the rules like humans do?
  (1:24:03) - Waymo Trucks
  (1:29:41) - Future of Waymo
  (1:42:53) - Role of lidar in autonomous driving
  (1:55:53) - Machine learning is essential for autonomous driving
  (1:59:55) - Pedestrians
  (2:06:32) - Trolley problem
  (2:11:00) - Book recommendations
  (2:22:26) - Meaning of life

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