We've gone almost 2 million driverless miles at this point. On a typical night, we'll do 1,000 rides for people. There's a lot of stuff happening without incident. We're starting to see evidence that the presence of these vehicles on the road actually is having a positive impact on road safety.
At its biggest event of the year, Google announced an avalanche of A.I. product releases: A.I. in search, A.I. that writes emails and A.I. that generates slides. Is Google pulling ahead in the A.I. arms race?
And, after years of hype, self-driving cars are finally hitting the streets of American cities. Kevin and Casey take a ride through San Francisco in Banana Slug — an autonomous vehicle from the self-driving car company Cruise. After their ride, they sit down with Cruise’s chief executive, Kyle Vogt, to discuss the role he thinks self-driving cars will play in the future of transportation.
On today’s episode:
- Kyle Vogt is the chief executive of Cruise, a self-driving car company.
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