autonomous cars

also referred to as: autonomous car

4 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Frank Chen · across every show →

Everything said about autonomous cars, oldest first

Jul 15, 2017 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Frank Chen: Nvidia attributes recent growth to autonomous car deep learning
“In fact, Nvidia attributes a lot of its recent growth and success as a business to this new line of business, which is providing deep learning systems for autonomous cars.”
Frank Chen Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 43:15 AI, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning: A Primer
Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Pope: Driving your own car will become an expensive luxury option
“And once you start selling autonomous cars in large numbers, people will not buy cars that have to be driven. Being able to drive your own car is going to become a very expensive option. It's going to be like leather seats, but much more expensive.”
Carl Pope Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:49 a16z Podcast | Cars and Cities, the Autonomy Edition
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Roberts: Autonomous Vehicles Will Dramatically Reduce Transportation Costs
“One of the impacts of the autonomous car introduction is a dramatic reduction in the cost of getting from here to there. So if you think about a current cab ride or Uber has a huge labor component, and it also has an insurance component, but the cost of gettin…”
Russ Roberts Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:28 a16z Podcast | Adjusting to Trade... and Innovation
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Held up
Roberts: Taxi Industry Will Not Stop Autonomous Cars In The US
“We're going to get autonomous cars in the United States if the technology works out. I don't think the political power of the taxi cab industry is going to stop it, just like I don't think the hotels can stop Airbnb.”
Russ Roberts Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 37:21 a16z Podcast | Adjusting to Trade... and Innovation
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