PJ Vogt
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Podcast Appearances
How do you even begin to teach a computer to operate a Humvee at all?
How does a computer make the steering wheel turn?
How does a computer change the pressure on the brake and the throttle?
Sandstorm represented the best entry from the contest's traditional academic crowd.
But there's a different crowd there, too, represented best by a man named Anthony Lewandowski.
Can you tell me about Anthony Lewandowski?
Anthony Lewandowski?
So Anthony is like an entrepreneur.
He's a really charming guy.
He's six foot six.
He's gangly as all get out.
He grew up mostly in Belgium because his mom was working for the EU.
For high school, he moved to Marin to live with his dad.
And he's a hustler.
I was a grad student at Berkeley.
Instead of continuing on to finish my PhD, I decided it was much better to do the Grand Challenge.
We asked Anthony for an interview.
He didn't respond.
But here he is in the footage from back then.