Wu: Talent Shortage Will Be Primary Bottleneck for Self-Driving Industry
James Wu · a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really? · Jan 2, 2019 · at 3:15
James Wu discusses engineering constraints facing the autonomous vehicle industry on an a16z panel.
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“For me, I think the major bottleneck At this stage, it's probably talents. In the next few years. Because suddenly, you need a lot of robotic experts. A lot more computer science engineers, scientists. And this will be a bottleneck for current state.”
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