Why Self-Driving Cars Aren’t Coming Any Time Soon with Dr. Missy Cummings

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Tesla and other automakers have convinced the public that fully automated vehicles are just around the corner. But what if … they aren’t? Dr. Missy Cummings, AI researcher and director of the Humans and Autonomy Laboratory at Duke, joins Adam to detail the massive gap between Silicon Valley's promises and the technology’s limitations, and explain the real benefits that might come when we use AI to enhance human capability rather than replace us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a Headgun Podcast.
0:04.0	I don't know the truth.
0:07.0	I don't know the way.
0:10.0	I don't know what to think.
0:13.0	I don't know what to say.
0:16.0	Yeah, that got to go.
0:19.0	Yeah, that's okay.
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:25.0	Hello, everyone.
0:28.0	Welcome to Factually.
0:30.0	I'm Adam Conover.
0:31.0	You know, before we get started, I just want to tell you about a new project that I got that is out right now.
0:37.0	It is a narrative comedy podcast called Edith.
0:40.0	All about Woodrow Wilson's wife, Edith Wilson, who, incredibly, not many people know this story, actually practically ran the American government after Woodrow had a stroke.
0:50.0	Is an incredible story from history.
0:52.0	This is a very funny satirical podcast about that untold story.
0:57.0	It was created and written by Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig to original Adam Ruins,
1:03.0	everything writers and very good friends of mine, incredibly funny guys.
1:07.0	And it stars Rosamond Pike and me.
1:10.0	That's right.
1:11.0	I'm in the show with Rosamond.
1:13.0	We had a great to actually never met.
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