German - Scientist | May 14, 1967 -
When I turned 18, I lost my best friend to a car accident.
Sebastian Thrun
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As a child, I spent a lot of time with things like Lego, building trains, cars, complex structures, and I really liked that.
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Nobody phrases it this way, but I think that artificial intelligence is almost a humanities discipline. It's really an attempt to understand human intelligence and human cognition.
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Can we text twice as much while driving, without the guilt? Yes, we can, if only cars will drive themselves.
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Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.
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When you program a robot to be intelligent, you learn a number of things. You become very humble and develop enormous respect for natural intelligence because, even if you work day and night for several years, your robot isn't that smart after all.
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Less than one percent of U.S. college students attend Ivy League schools, and these students don't necessarily reflect the world's brightest and most capable thought leaders but, rather, the people who've been afforded the most opportunities to succeed.
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With the right care at the right time, a huge number of people could stay independent much longer, with a higher quality of life.
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Obviously, a lot of non-profits live on donations, and that's a wonderful thing. But higher education can't exist on donations only because, if that were the case, we would have a hard time paying teachers adequate salaries.
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I envision a future without traffic accidents or congestion. A future where everyone can use a car.
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I have a strong disrespect for authority and for rules. Including gravity. Gravity sucks.
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That's what Google taught me. Aim higher. Udacity is my playground - to radically experiment and find out. I've seen the light.
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