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George Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Podcast #31

Lex Fridman · 874.7K views · 2019-08-05 · 1:59:37

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Overview

Lex Fridman's two-hour podcast with George Hotz, founder of Comma.ai, covering openpilot, autonomous driving and Hotz's views on AI and technology.

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HN recommends it for Hotz's reasoning on cameras versus lidar and for an opinionated, original thinker's overview of comma and openpilot.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2019–2026

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Self-driving & autonomous vehiclesTech pioneers & interviews
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george hotzcomma.aiopenpilotcamera vs lidarautonomous vehicles

What people said

nomel · 2026-01 · Strong recommendation

There's a few Lex Fridman podcasts with George Hotz, the founder. Highly recommend them: #31 [VIDEO] #132 [LINK] #387 [LINK]

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bko · 2020-12 · Strong recommendation

I loved this interview Lex Fridman had with George Hotz. He's very opinionated original thinker with the credentials to back it up. He runs comma.ai, sellers of a device that can plug into many cars and drive for you. [VIDEO]

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mark_l_watson · 2019-08 · Strong recommendation

I strongly recommend Lex Firdman’s recent interview with George Hotz where they covered this topic in some detail [VIDEO]

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