Uber’s Robotaxi Playbook, the End of Human Driving & $10B Bet on Robots | Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber CEO) | EP #244
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
PHD Ventures
4.8 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to need to get my driver's license in a couple of years, but after hearing this, I have a question. |
| 0:06.0 | So... |
| 0:07.0 | Well, you may not have to get your driver's license, but it's good. |
| 0:10.0 | That was my entire question. |
| 0:12.0 | So much of driving now is the technology in the car, around the car. |
| 0:18.0 | So technology is always going to be a part of the human experience. |
| 0:21.5 | Humans will be demonstrably less safe than autonomous. And then it's going to be up to regulators |
| 0:26.5 | to decide what, you know, what a human license looks like. How does that end up affecting the next |
| 0:31.1 | generation of drivers? Do they have to learn how to drive? And like what happens to sports |
| 0:34.4 | like race car driving? Mass production of these AVs is going to take some time. |
| 0:38.3 | They are very expensive today, much more expensive than a regular car. |
| 0:42.3 | It's just happening faster than even I expected. |
| 0:45.3 | And I'm an optimist as it relates to technology. |
| 0:48.3 | Is society going to adjust and can't adjust fast enough? |
| 0:52.3 | And so from my standpoint... Now that's the moonshot, ladies and |
| 0:58.0 | gentlemen. All right, so go to the mics for your questions. I'm going to start with this question |
| 1:05.8 | on Slido. So what's harder? Convincing regulators that autonomous cars are safe or convincing passengers to get into one? |
| 1:14.1 | It's actually pretty easy to get passengers to get into an autonomous vehicle. What we're finding is, you know, for example, Atlanta, Austin, we let you know that you have been matched with an autonomous vehicle. |
| 1:29.3 | 80% of people say yes, 20% say no, and the 80% who say yes love the experience. |
| 1:37.3 | Regulators obviously move a little bit slower, but this is a technology that I say more people are excited about than not. All right, we go to one of our teens. We have a group of 20 teens here in the room. Very cool, please. How you doing? I'm doing good. I had a quick question just about, like, in 15, 20 years when most the cars on the road are self-driving, does it ever become illegal for human drivers? Because do they become like a safety hazard risk on the road? And how does that end up affecting the next generation of drivers? Do they have to learn how to drive? And like what happens to sports like race car driving? Is that like going to like die out because nobody has to drive anymore? Just that's kind of where I'm asking about. Well, I think that race car driving is always going to be a thing because it's just so damn cool. |
| 2:17.8 | You know, again, you may be augmented, right? |
| 2:19.9 | It's you think about so much of driving now as the technology in the car around the car. |
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