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What Dmitri Dolgov thinks about robotics

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Co-CEO of Waymo and a founding member of Google's self-driving car project, which he joined in 2009.

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  1. Our readingA physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases.

    Their wordsGiven the high cost of errors, you need to have a very high level of safety and a very high level of confidence on day one before you deploy your first robot, before you drive your your first autonomous mile.

    ↗Waymo Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov: The Demo Is Only 1% Of The Workyoutube.com 4th of 22 in this recording

    Interesting

  3. Our readingBetting a robotics company on today's component prices is betting it on a number with a short shelf life.

    Their wordsSo, betting your company, betting your approach on today's hardware prices is just betting your company on a number that has a fairly short shelf life and is going to expire.

    ↗Waymo Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov: The Demo Is Only 1% Of The Workyoutube.com 12th of 22 in this recording

    Interesting