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Sebastian Thrun AMA on reddit

175 points by ih 14y ago

vecter 14y ago
Here's a Charlie Rose interview with Sebastian Thrun: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12321 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12321 It struck me how the overwhelmingly positive response to his online Stanford class took him by surprise and really spurred him to want to open up education. I guess even the most accomplished among us can become inspired.
- d0mine 14y ago
  Here's a youtube link of the interview for devices that do not support flash http://youtu.be/FzpCcJ8sXik http://youtu.be/FzpCcJ8sXik
- rauljara 14y ago
  Absolutely. In my experience the most genuinely accomplished people are always getting enthusiastic and inspired about one new thing or another. I think their capacity to be inspired is one of the main reasons they became accomplished in the first place.
- soldermont001 14y ago
  I really liked his comment about Stanford students not getting much out of him, that they're already very brilliant, and it makes more sense for him to teach students that would get much more out of him.
waterlesscloud 14y ago
There's also one from a couple days ago that he responded to earlier today. This response re the self driving car was particularly interesting- "While the technology has progressed a lot, it still can't handle all situations we want it to handle. But on the positive end, I have taken the car a number of times to Lake Tahoe (highway only), and every time it drove flawlessly."
whichdan 14y ago
Anyone else planning on doing the Intro to Statistics course?
- Alex3917 14y ago
  I'm going to do it but not this hex. I need to finish up 212 first, and I'm also going to take the testing class and the social network algorithms one.
- eddie_the_head 14y ago
  We in #Udacity on irc.freenode.net definitely are :) ! You can join via webchat if you don't have an IRC client yet: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=udacity http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=udacity
  - whichdan 14y ago
    Very cool, added to my channel list in Textual. Just started the Crypto course and it's paced really well, I like it.
- jonnyscholes 14y ago
  I'm planning to, it coincides perfectly when i finish my exams! And the social algos one to.
robwgibbons 14y ago
hey, he just sent me an email
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StephenFalken 14y ago
I can't forget an inspiring and landmark conference communication given by Sebastian Thrun last January that struck me deeply: http://youtu.be/SkneoNrfadk http://youtu.be/SkneoNrfadk
daveying99 14y ago
I find it telling that in this AMA as well as a few other interviews he seems to be noticeably more excited about the educational startup that he's a CEO of than the driverless car or glass projects. I guess no matter how great an environment an employer provides (and my understanding is that Google X is an upgrade from the regular Google) there's just more excitement when you're captain of your own ship.
- martincmartin 14y ago
  Or when it's new. He's been doing driverless cars for > 10 years.

175 points by ih 14y ago

Here's a Charlie Rose interview with Sebastian Thrun: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12321 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12321 It struck me how the overwhelmingly positive response to his online Stanford class took him by surprise and really spurred him to want to open up education. I guess even the most accomplished among us can become inspired.

d0mine 14y ago
Here's a youtube link of the interview for devices that do not support flash http://youtu.be/FzpCcJ8sXik http://youtu.be/FzpCcJ8sXik
rauljara 14y ago
Absolutely. In my experience the most genuinely accomplished people are always getting enthusiastic and inspired about one new thing or another. I think their capacity to be inspired is one of the main reasons they became accomplished in the first place.
soldermont001 14y ago
I really liked his comment about Stanford students not getting much out of him, that they're already very brilliant, and it makes more sense for him to teach students that would get much more out of him.

waterlesscloud 14y ago

There's also one from a couple days ago that he responded to earlier today. This response re the self driving car was particularly interesting- "While the technology has progressed a lot, it still can't handle all situations we want it to handle. But on the positive end, I have taken the car a number of times to Lake Tahoe (highway only), and every time it drove flawlessly."

whichdan 14y ago

Anyone else planning on doing the Intro to Statistics course?

Alex3917 14y ago
I'm going to do it but not this hex. I need to finish up 212 first, and I'm also going to take the testing class and the social network algorithms one.
eddie_the_head 14y ago
We in #Udacity on irc.freenode.net definitely are :) ! You can join via webchat if you don't have an IRC client yet: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=udacity http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=udacity
- whichdan 14y ago
  Very cool, added to my channel list in Textual. Just started the Crypto course and it's paced really well, I like it.
jonnyscholes 14y ago
I'm planning to, it coincides perfectly when i finish my exams! And the social algos one to.

robwgibbons 14y ago

hey, he just sent me an email

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StephenFalken 14y ago

I can't forget an inspiring and landmark conference communication given by Sebastian Thrun last January that struck me deeply: http://youtu.be/SkneoNrfadk http://youtu.be/SkneoNrfadk

daveying99 14y ago

I find it telling that in this AMA as well as a few other interviews he seems to be noticeably more excited about the educational startup that he's a CEO of than the driverless car or glass projects. I guess no matter how great an environment an employer provides (and my understanding is that Google X is an upgrade from the regular Google) there's just more excitement when you're captain of your own ship.

martincmartin 14y ago
Or when it's new. He's been doing driverless cars for > 10 years.