Comma.ai Drive and Tour with George Hotz and Lex Fridman

[@lexfridman]

George gave me a demo drive and a tour around comma offices after our podcast chat. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:30 - Comma demo drive 8:14 - Tour of comma offices

[@amercya2953]

You forgot 12:30 - Worst handshake in the history of mankind

[@itsamodernmess]

Is Lex wearing a suit?

[@chickenwings273]

Thank you Lex for this! Got me excited for the future

[@IceFromTheSun]

7:43 - A biker almost get hit by the postman

[@jerrypeng4013]

A small advice, you can use a wide angle lens if you're filming interiors (car, office). Makes your video look better, and me less nauseous from motion sickness. Love your videos, cheers!

[@JousefM]

George is literally one of the realest dudes in the business. Following him for ages now.

[@JousefM]

Thanks dad!

[@carlossegura403]

Indeed.

[@clewis519]

His response to ‘aliens and UFOs’ showed how intelligent he is.

[@grants7282]

He is. Yet I wish he would his market his product more effectively

[@FFUDS]

@@clewis519 every thing else homie has done in his life hasn't proven that, but his response to 'aliens and UFOs' did it for you huh?

[@alex_hiller]

Imagine the same kind of vibes but touring a scientist’s lab, or a mathematician’s study. More of these would be cool. Nice to see where the magic happens.

[@tauceti8341]

Dustin from smartereveryday has one for the us nuclear subs, and it was really fascinating

[@alex-ie7pt]

Like MTV cribs, but for geniuses!

[@freddyfozzyfilms2688]

Wouldn't a mathematicians study be the equivalent of someone's room? They just sit there and think.

[@alex_hiller]

@@freddyfozzyfilms2688 I think you're right, but I would love to take a tour of Eric Weinstein's study, or peruse the notebooks of Terry Tao, look at the chalkboard of John Conway. The everyday objects of brilliant people can be fascinating.

[@GabiN64]

A mathematician's study would be their office at university

[@LEMEOIN27]

7:46 Cyclist runs a red and nearly gets hit

[@fabianbraun2508]

what the fuck was the cyclist doing? Does he have a deathwish?

[@icebboylol8822]

completely normal phenomenon

[@harsimranbansal5355]

@Big Crunch even relatively simple systems handle those situations.

[@LEMEOIN27]

cyclist.py is optimised to maintain momentum at all costs, near misses also enable the adrenaline bonus branch - might be worth using a different data set for the next iteration..

[@ghidfg]

@Big Crunch thats an interesting point, yeah

[@maxalbright5786]

More content like this Lex. Love this shit

[@semtex6412]

legend has it that George's hoodie is what gives him superhuman powers. just as Lex's suit does him.

[@dansken610]

He's a hacker, he's gotta wear a hoodie

[@EPFForsyth]

Lmao and I quote with a dead pan expression "From one robot to another, we are in this together" keep it up Lex...

[@Thisisausername719]

Lex you should do more of these types of videos, This was awesome!

[@grimerat]

I drove to maine 12 hours each way 80-90% of the drive hands off the wheel with the comma ai. Their slogan is 'make driving chill' for a reason

[@viniciuslongo4622]

that's awesome, you should have made a video

[@junimeme5626]

"Damn! That's impressive" - Lex, said in one of his two notes of speaking

🤣

[@jakeroosenbloom]

"Elon's success is our success. If IOS succeeds, Android succeeds". On point.

[@yfs9035]

Absolutely

[@dhruvpandit8903]

3080s for non business purposes😂

[@SolvingTheMoneyProblem]

👀

[@karsyz]

Can't wait for a video on this :D

[@linkinlinkinlinkin654]

@@verynice5574 they actually performed better than tesla in some of the recent benchmarks

[@Joe_Brig]

Hands free!

[@ChiefsGotBeef]

I read the license plate as “FUEL ON” the first time lmao

[@kugelblitz8086]

Same here 😅

[@Iumey]

i think they did that so the DMV accepted the plate :P

[@vtv4373]

Me too lol.

[@mackieandme]

Love it when two engineers talk without the BS. IMHO, George actually undersold the Comma a bit. I have a Prius Prime using OP with ZSS (a better, community created steering sensor) and I use mine all the time not just for highways, but even in city traffic - even for longitudinal - which is SOOOO much better that Toyota’s automatic cruise control - especially in stop n’ go traffic.

[@SoundSpeeding]

What is ZSS?

[@johnraymondyanez5445]

FUELON F-U-ELON ♥️-U-ELON Comma team has a weird way of love.

[@tseland]

He had that plate on the first Acura when he started, just after the contract with Elon fell through, and he decided to make his own company

[@beast4000]

i literally read it as Fuel-On the first time and didnt see the F-U-Elon until the heart came out :D

[@QuinnShaw]

Did anyone else make the connection with "Fuel on" like gas? Which would also be an f-u to elon.

[@QuinnShaw]

@@beast4000 same, but that's also against elon.

[@Sal3600]

Elon offered a million$ to join the tesla team i think

[@maggyfrog]

quite heart-warming that lex expresses brotherhood with a 3d printer haha :D

[@dontbotherreading]

We are made up of the same thing at the most basic level

[@Steph1]

Zima blue confirmed

[@EnricoDiscolo]

Yes, but how do you read the plate: FUEL ON or FU ELON Lol

[@dennis_johnson]

George Hotz + Lex is an instant click!

[@ZombieProdigyUS]

I love George Hotz, be sure to interview him again in the future! Dude is a real genius.

[@wilhelmthewoodcutter3428]

ok Lex, clearly you need to get out of the office more and get more shiny things to look at.

[@wilhelmthewoodcutter3428]

You missed the bonus footage (now edited out) She did a Gogins chin up challenge on the rings then George had her show her Terminator arm to Lex and he finally took notice of her over the printer he was bonding with.

[@Marcos10PT]

Loving these spin off episodes!!! Keep them cominggg

[@Jcbc]

George Hotz has been breaking the internet in the last few weeks

[@Naatti922]

Authentic DIY-attitude. Mad respect!

[@gregatragenet]

After having it a year in my Subi I forget how mind-blowing it is to ride in an openpilot car - thanks for the reminder! Did a 2 hour trip from San Diego to Apple Valley - at this point I just take it for granted, hop on the highway, engage it, and (mostly) sit back and enjoy the scenery. At this point my only source of anxiety and the source of most of my disengagements are not the capabilities of openpilot, but the unpredictability of the bad (notoriously distracted socal) drivers around me. While most cases you can't help what the other driver does, hypothetically the system could incorporate some defensive driving. The one stand-out is blindspot avoidance. Lateral could adjust its follow distance slightly if it detects it has placed itself in the blindspot of the neighboring vehicle.

[@simontist]

Blind spots are always going to be a weakness with a single camera system... Unless the driver monitoring camera could perhaps be used...

[@MattOGormanSmith]

@@simontist more cameras won't help with the other driver's blind spot, until all vehicles have 360 cameras

[@hectorcanizales5900]

@@simontist not anymore with the comma 3

[@kubrabdncmnk2516]

He runs his own factory in his garage with his pals. And this is awesome’!

[@dansken610]

That's like a dream of mine, doing small scale manufacturing from some ghetto ass facilities. Epic

[@TheXTI]

Aaa türk varmış burda.

[@pewpewpistol]

Got his very own sweat shop

[@AndrewNakas]

2 robots go for an autonomous drive using a smartphone hacked into a Hyundai car, what a great time to be alive!

[@kibryncrow8922]

😂

[@roliimhof]

@@kibryncrow8922 q

[@hwiese3448]

black latex skirt with blue sweatshirt is a bold move

[@brokeitguyio]

IG?

[@Vlad-vk3mm]

The FUELON plate xD

[@chrisbishop6928]

But now Elon has the door code to their garage entrance!

[@gustavsjokvist2668]

Lol the girl's hoodie is pretty based

[@subjekt5577]

I want that hoodie. Her entire aesthetic was pretty fly but the hoodie makes it.

[@hardcoreclassicenjoyer]

It's so good. The fuck is the skirt tho. She looks like someone out of a video game ngl.

[@neonblood4658]

Based on what?

[@shadcovert1160]

She is flipping adorable.

[@sloth6765]

That hoodie is giving off Alex Jones Infowars vibes lol, she's clearly not a fan of broadcasting

[@3DegreesNorth638]

No

[@VperVendetta1992]

Right?

[@thundreturtle]

The blonde lady doesn't have a ring Lex wink wink :D Super cool video

[@dzlfiqar]

He doesn't have any problem showing the numbers, since it's an open-source project. That's the beauty of it. It's all about execution.

[@stuffzoom]

Gotta respect this guy and this company. Bringing ML + Hardware manufacturing together in 1 company and actually being profitable is quite something. Straight up no bullshit.

[@Oracol]

15:32 😂😂😂

[@tseland]

Gotta read those TOS 😇😂

[@sherlockwisdom]

"... As one robot to the other, we're in this together my brother..." - Lex

[@Randomstuffytiscool]

This will go back in time as the same as MAC in a garage. Great to see how hard this really is and how valuable they are. Please SPAC so I can invest !!

[@billma12345]

Lex be like, “wow, that’s impressive” 😐

[@tymofiishchetilin4329]

"awesome"

[@tymofiishchetilin4329]

@@SourceHades "awesome" has a lot of synonyms. also, i am did not try to take a dig at lex, it was just a joke

[@DammitBobby619]

You guys are in my area !! San Diego represent

[@JR-bc4rn]

Lex should lay down a debate between George and Elon on autopilot 🔥🔥💯 They both do have a history lol

[@ZortraXTV]

14:40 Well, hello there! Greetings from Poland ❤️

[@lup4634]

Guys one pice of advice get a plastic injection machine. It will be faster and cheaper and more eco friendly too.

[@duderadley2383]

Part of what makes George so funny as a comedian is his legit knowledge of The Law he likely gained from his past endeavours Compute clusters 😂

[@oraziobranca5628]

I challenge George to develope an AI driving sw that can drive a vehicle through the streets of Naples or Rome.

This is better than most corporate self-driving propaganda out there with half-promises never met.

[@kootenpv]

Imagine driving and looking over and seeing Lex and George in a car, would be sick!

[@majorgamerjay5221]

"As one robot to another, we're in this together". Wow Lex!

[@kugelblitz8086]

Was watching Hotz on youtube for a last few days and now this dropped from the sky

[@zachchrist9343]

Same here. Lex "introduced" me lol

[@NoneNotNone]

lol all around good vibes from this video, great office environment

[@AncientMysteriesAndInnovations]

Love you, Lex. You're doing an amazing job

[@GangstarGoose]

that hoodie that Alex is wearing is dope

[@TheXnyu]

and i was like what does fuel on mean?

[@RejectAnticipatoryObedience]

This is beautiful. This makes me happy to be alive.

[@edwardliddy]

i remember seeing a sci-fi movie similar to this. and the plot twist near the end is where george's character finds out to be elon's son but only after elon leaves earth to a one way mission to mars..

[@gameplayclub8721]

What a loving person George Hotz is. "If Elon Succeeds, we succeed. If IOS succeeds Android succeeds."

[@hulk6315]

@@MrXerxes wow

[@0xszander0]

"If ios succeeds android succeeds" Funny I finally hear him say that phrase. It is indeed exactly the difference here between autopilot and openpilot.

[@tobene]

I wonder if traditional car companies will eventually jump on openpilot, right now they all seem to be developing their own "windows phone"

[@0xszander0]

@@tobene Yeah I wonder that as well! I'm always amazed how colossal companies seem to overlook solutions that are being worked on as we speak. It is better to have your own system, but let's be honest here none of them are ever getting near auto or open pilot. So indeed it's the when more than if! (it's probably as soon as it's too late for some of them)

[@johnbeech]

That was amazing, so many smiles on everyone's faces - looks like you all really love what you do. Thanks for the insight Lex! Good luck George and the team :)

[@jacejunk]

Nice. I would appreciate more "tours" as possible content in the future.

[@NS-gr9cy]

Alex was giving pretty vibes.

[@MadcapClover]

Commenting again to say this was amazing

[@brandonsbigfish]

this feels like such student footage and I absolutely love it Lex

[@brianhunter4137]

Alex's jumper for those who are curious. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqe9iqqXhtF9qck

[@JJs_playground]

This is great to see... Inside look of the company. The COO is 👍

[@bestutubr8768]

am i the only one that saw the USPS almost take out a biker

[@cmw3737]

I was thinking that Lex was clearly following it with camera but not mentioning it

[@PahaPoniesSpanishMustangs]

I raise horses in the middle of nowhere. How very cool to see this world.... Thanks Lex

[@SBA_poiko]

When are they becoming driverless 😁

[@devara2055]

your world sounds cool!

[@ID1visor]

13:52 *Facts.*

[@philsburydoboy]

George: "Our 3080s are in desktop computers for non-business purposes!" Also George: "These are our GPU machines" Lex: "What's in there?" George: ... George: "Uh... V100s! Huhuhahahaha!"

[@Count_Xero]

Did anyone else read that as "FUEL ON" ?

[@AlexJoneses]

Lol I work there now and I'm actually working on repairing this printer for future projects right now. Kinda wish they'd use a different tape because the tape keeps leaving dust inside the printer as it degrades so imma tear it off and replace it

[@aydtsang]

George, Lex, and Elon are the only people on the internet who get me excited to wake up in the morning

[@zilogfan]

Where did she get that cool blue sweatshirt!!

[@mowlaldebaran3950]

dont ask me why i know but: - Boot Boyz Biz: television delivers people

[@-JustinCombs]

@@mowlaldebaran3950 why do you know?

[@golyadkin6527]

Lex, I hope you asked that girl out

[@MattOGormanSmith]

He'd have to fight George (what, fisticuffs?)

[@golyadkin6527]

@@MattOGormanSmith let em scrap it out. As long as they live stream it

[@barlobarlo303]

@@MattOGormanSmith Lex is a jiu jitsu black belt. My money is on Lex.

[@afz902k]

Awesome hoodie on that COO

[@enjoypolo]

Wow that was awesome Lex, thank you for the tour!

[@ModeratelyAmused]

It's such a healthy business model. Not trying to be first. Not trying to destroy the competition. Just a goal of being effective and creating something unique. Only thing left is getting out of California so more of the cost can go to hiring more people and a give them a nicer workspace with the taxes they save from moving.

[@DanielZajic]

This video made me so happy. Startups are the best.

[@yuichiroaoki]

13:01 they use Ubuntu?! Good choice 🙂

[@kaiyrak.7603]

Love the love.

[@jamesmichaelcabrera9613]

she's really beautiful 😻

[@andrewenrique5503]

I love George Hotz and I wish him the best! That said, how the f did a nerd like him manage to date such a cute pie?

[@nedmano]

hello people from 2050, glad you came by to see how it all began. All that self driving mobility and that sweet insurance sistem begun here :D

[@neutraljump]

This was interesting and motivating to see, man! Thanks!

[@sanjacobs6261]

Hey, Lex, I can't help but notice that you didn't ask if the "back there stuff" girl was as single as you are

[@kimchi_taco]

I'm a Korean. I saw he is driving Hyundai. I think he has good judgement for the things.

[@an.drew_]

15:30 killed me😂

[@anywallsocket]

"what's in there?" "f u 100's "

[@mattanimation]

I love that the lunch table is also a table for the hardware, reminds me of the last startup I was at and that's a good thing.

[@Konradulations]

are they printing the exact same part? if so injection molding might be a better solution and faster

[@cmw3737]

Had to pauses a few times to read the phrases on her hoodie. "Control over broadcasting is an exercise in controlling society", "You are the product of EV". She's trying to warn us Lex.

[@randomuser66438]

Electric Vehicle?

[@coscorrodrift]

21st century farm vibes indeed, looks like a good company. Shame I don't make the requirements.

[@joshf980]

Comma.ai is pretty sweet. I came really close to buying one (+ a new Toyota Corolla) this past spring. Was on the fence between that and a new Tesla, leaning toward Comma.ai because of the difference in price. The deciding factor came when the dealership told me it'd void the warranty, so I'd be on my own if the vehicle had any [completely unrelated] problems - that, and I had some uncertainty about whether an aftermarket self-driving device could lead to additional liability in case of an accident. I wound up buying the Tesla instead, and I love it, but if the warranty/liability issues hadn't been there, I'd have gone with the Comma'd Toyota just to save some cash. If Comma addresses those warranty/liability concerns, it will be an easy purchase for mainstream audiences.

[@ValAi178]

Feel like this company earns way too little.

[@nachiketkanore]

Lex not shown in the video. Probably he's not in suit.

[@colingallagher2968]

She reminds me of Cameron from Halt and Catch Fire

[@FlamencoDeniz]

9:10: "we are everywhere in the world" - 95% of points in the US 😂

[@guyallen2355]

Remarkable! Really fun to see these guys hustling to achieve their dreams! Down and dirty!

[@kevinfortier556]

Lex should join comma.ai

[@Dynamite_mohit]

Really Loved the office. Thanks GEORGE and LEX for this wonderfull video

[@HayateV3]

"you can go to LA from here without disengaging" well shit... That's basically my commute so guess what I'm buying.

[@CobraTheSpacePirate]

I was driving my aunts Hyundai in Korea like almost 2 years ago and it already had automatic lane following. Drove from Gimpo to 2 hours south east into the country and barely had to touch the wheel. It has the same visual cluster display...etc. How is this any different from lane keep assist? What makes it better? What is the innovation? Thanks...for the info and video.

[@TheIceMan_]

so thats where all those 3090's went