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Sebastian Thrun AMA on reddit
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#12Here's a Charlie Rose interview with Sebastian Thrun: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12321 It struck me how the overwhelmingly positive response to his online Stanford class took him by surprise and really spurred him to want to open up education. I guess even the most accomplished among us can become inspired.
I really liked his comment about Stanford students not getting much out of him, that they're already very brilliant, and it makes more sense for him to teach students that would get much more out of him.
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#13Anyone else planning on doing the Intro to Statistics course?
I'm planning to, it coincides perfectly when i finish my exams! And the social algos one to.
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#14I can't forget an inspiring and landmark conference communication given by Sebastian Thrun last January that struck me deeply:
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#15I find it telling that in this AMA as well as a few other interviews he seems to be noticeably more excited about the educational startup that he's a CEO of than the driverless car or glass projects. I guess no matter how great an environment an employer provides (and my understanding is that Google X is an upgrade from the regular Google) there's just more excitement when you're captain of your own ship.
Re: Sebastian Thrun AMA on reddit
#16I find it telling that in this AMA as well as a few other interviews he seems to be noticeably more excited about the educational startup that he's a CEO of than the driverless car or glass projects. I guess no matter how great an environment an employer provides (and my understanding is that Google X is an upgrade from the regular Google) there's just more excitement when you're captain of your own ship.
Or when it's new. He's been doing driverless cars for > 10 years.