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Sebastian Thrun

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Sebastian Thrun is a German-American entrepreneur, educator, and computer scientist. He was chief executive officer of Kitty Hawk Corporation, and is chairman and co-founder of Udacity. Before that, he was a Google vice president and Fellow, a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and before that at Carnegie Mellon University. At Google, he co-founded Google X along with Yoky Matsuoka and Anthony Levandowski and Google's self-driving car team with Anthony Levandowski. He is also an adjunct professor at Stanford University and at Georgia Tech.

Across 1 conversation, Sebastian Thrun ranges across flying cars, machine learning, autonomous vehicles. Sebastian Thrun's Heaviside flying car can travel 100 miles with 30% electric reserves, operating at 38 decibels, quieter than a library. Thrun's team completed their autonomous vehicle project a month early, emphasizing the importance of time management and rigorous testing.

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The Heaviside flying car's electric design allows for redundancy with eight motors, significantly enhancing safety compared to single-engine helicopters.

Sebastian Thrun: Flying Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, and Education

Machine learning enables students to match commercial lane-finding algorithms within a day, illustrating its potential to democratize advanced technical education.

Sebastian Thrun: Flying Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, and Education

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