self-driving cars

also referred to as: self-driving car

5 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Sep 27, 2017 by Mr. Money Mustache · across every show →

Everything said about self-driving cars, oldest first

Sep 27, 2017 neutral
Opinion
Mr. Money Mustache: Self-driving cars are a loss if they enable mega-commutes
“Yeah, if we can keep the self-driving cars around so that they can reduce our crash rate and they can make our cities not be filled with inefficient parking lots, then that's a win. But if you're just doing a mega commute from like Pleasanton over to San Franc…”
Mr. Money Mustache Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 5:15 Don't Start a Blog, Start a Cult - Mr. Money Mustache · Y Combinator
Dec 21, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Caldwell: Future generations will view human-driven cars as barbaric
“And the number of people that every day get seriously injured or die in car accidents, I think we're going to look back and be like, that was crazy barbaric. That was like having surgeons that didn't wash their hands. In that era. Is I think how we'll look at …”
Dalton Caldwell Dec 21, 2023 ▶ 8:34 Techno Optimism, Explained · Y Combinator
Dec 18, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Early DARPA Grand Challenge Work Spawned Modern Autonomous Vehicles
“Ended up working on what would be the beginning of the DARPA Grand Challenge, which would turn into the self-driving cars that we have today.”
David Lieb Dec 18, 2024 ▶ 1:12 How David Lieb Turned a Failing Startup Into Google Photos | Backstory · Y Combinator
Feb 21, 2025 positive
Insight
Search and autonomous driving are the only AI product data flywheels
“There are probably only two problems where you can work on AI and also build product at the same time. One is like search, and the other is self-driving car.”
Aravind Srinivas Feb 21, 2025 ▶ 2:55 How To Build The Future: Aravind Srinivas · Y Combinator
Jul 26, 2026
Disclosure
Huang: NVIDIA immediately pivoted into vision, robotics, and self-driving after AlexNet
“Almost right away, we started working on computer vision. Almost right away, we started working on robotics self-driving cars”
Jensen Huang Jul 26, 2026 ▶ 12:28 Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA · Y Combinator
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