Sci-fi greats ride Waymo for the first time; co-CEO on removing the human driver
ditzikow · x · 2026-10-09
rsanghvi recounts taking two of science fiction's greatest authors, Neal Stephenson and Ken Liu, on their first Waymo rides — sharing a bit of the future with the people who imagine it.
He and Aditya Agashe then sat down with Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov: what does it actually take to remove the human behind the wheel, and why isn't a great AI model enough? For anyone building physical AI, the segment at 37:26 on telling whether you're approaching a real product or just a better demo is highlighted as must-watch.
Related event: Waymo co-CEO reflects on 20 years of self-driving in in-car podcast(3 posts)→
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