The first person to hack the iPhone is building a self-driving car
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#2Geo Hotz amazes me!!
With that said, can he be prosecuted for using his driverless car on public roads without a license to do so?
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#3I always thought default Ubuntu WM is only used by the people who don't know how to change it.
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#4> “I understand the state-of-the-art papers,” he says. “The math is simple. For the first time in my life, I’m like, ‘I know everything there is to know.’ ”
Yep, he's still in his twenties.
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#5> Amazed, I ask Hotz what it felt like the first time he got the car to work.
>“Dude,” he says, “the first time it worked was this morning.”
I can't tell if this is a joke or unbridled hubris. Either way, self driving cars seem like a new hacker space.
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#6> “Frankly, I think you should just work at Tesla,” Musk wrote to Hotz in an e-mail. “I’m happy to work out a multimillion-dollar bonus with a longer time horizon that pays out as soon as we discontinue Mobileye.”
> “I appreciate the offer,” Hotz replied, “but like I’ve said, I’m not looking for a job. I’ll ping you when I crush Mobileye.”
> Musk simply answered, “OK.”
I have to agree with Elon here, Hotz is such a good fit there. But Hotz knows best, if he thinks he can take down Mobileye then he did the right decision, sucks that Tesla wouldn't back it. I'm sure other car companies would buy Hotz's software
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#7>The smartest people I knew were in high school, and I was so let down by the people in college.
He seems like a good person to get into business with. He's so non-judgmental. Reminds me of myself and all the stupid things I said to VCs in my 20s.
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#8> Amazed, I ask Hotz what it felt like the first time he got the car to work. >“Dude,” he says, “the first time it worked was this morning.” I can't tell if this is a joke or unbridled hubris. Either way, self driving cars seem like a new hacker space.
Also: "Hotz hadn’t programmed any of these behaviors into the vehicle. He can’t really explain all the reasons it does what it does."
Good luck to him understanding how to fix corner cases: he's built a black box.
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#9> “I understand the state-of-the-art papers,” he says. “The math is simple. For the first time in my life, I’m like, ‘I know everything there is to know.’ ” Yep, he's still in his twenties.
But that belief is enough to attempt something that more experienced people would hesitate to start.
Naivety is a very good thing at times.
I've seen average people achieve incredible things, and not because what they did was incredible... but just because they started work on things that no-one else thought they could complete. Some way into it, when enough progress has been made, people have rushed to give support because "halfway there but badly done" is a hell of a lot better than "not even started yet".
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#10> “I understand the state-of-the-art papers,” he says. “The math is simple. For the first time in my life, I’m like, ‘I know everything there is to know.’ ” Yep, he's still in his twenties.
But that belief is enough to attempt something that more experienced people would hesitate to start. Naivety is a very good thing at times. I've seen average people achieve incredible things, and not because what they did was incredible... but just because they started work on things that no-one else thought they could complete. Some way into it, when enough progress has been made, people have rushed to give support…
A friend of mine in college had a very good saying about this that I always keep in mind:
"There's nothing like succeeding at something you weren't even qualified to attempt."