Vogt: Autonomous driving systems trained in San Francisco perform well elsewhere
Kyle Vogt · Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt — Self Driving Cars Will 10X Every Year · Oct 6, 2023 · at 28:15
Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt explains how autonomous vehicle models trained on San Francisco traffic transfer to other cities like Austin and Phoenix.
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“You take a system that's designed to operate safely in San Francisco and put it in Austin or Phoenix and it performs extremely well.”
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