joel johnson, a university student at arizona state, studying c s. The first time i saw the gogle self driving car project, and like a news piece in two thousand 12. I immediately mail thei p r people, hey, how can i be in this? Right? And they said, oh, sorry, that's for pre approved people. So at that point i just kind of gave up. Then six months later, i got an email that said, you're off the weightless soso i was like, oh, os,. then that lansme started my journey got you into autonomous vehicles.
Joel Ricks Johnson (aka JJRicks) had already gained a sizable audience for his regular videos of Waymo rides when he took a ride that would capture the public's attention. Joel joins the show to walk the gang through that memorable ride, what went wrong, and how it compares to the more than 1,000 miles of Waymo rides he has experienced so far. If you'd like to check out more of Joel's videos for yourself, just surf over to jjricks.com for links to all of his content.