Episode Appearances
Odd Lots · Apr 8, 2026
Search Engine Presents: Are you a good driver?
“Built Ghost Rider motorcycle for 2004 DARPA; joined Google's self-driving team; downloaded 14,000 files before leaving for Uber; pled guilty to trade secret theft”
Autonomous Vehicle Safety Data and MethodologyMachine Learning and Neural Network Scaling EffectsDARPA Grand Challenge and Early Robotics Competition
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Freakonomics Radio · Mar 20, 2026
Are Human Drivers Finally Obsolete?
“Built Ghost Rider motorcycle for DARPA, worked on Google's hardware, downloaded 14,000 files when leaving for Uber, pled guilty to trade secret theft”
Autonomous Vehicle Safety Data and MetricsDARPA Grand Challenge Impact on Technology DevelopmentMachine Learning and Neural Networks in Autonomous Systems
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TBPN · Mar 14, 2026
Tall Poppy Syndrome, Bytedance Gets Blackwell Chips, WSJ Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
“Autonomous vehicle entrepreneur potentially partnering with Kalanick on new venture”
Tall Poppy SyndromeStartup ecosystem dynamicsAI company valuations
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Uber Founder Travis Kalanick is Back with a New AI Startup
“Founder of Pronto autonomous mining company being acquired by Adams”
Physical AI and roboticsAutonomous mining operationsFood delivery automation
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Chapter by Chapter · Mar 2, 2026
Exodus 11: No Barking Dogs
“Silicon Valley engineer and self-driving car pioneer who founded Way of the Future, a church dedicated to AI worship”
Exodus 11 and the tenth plague narrativeBiblical theology of divine protection and distinctionAncient Egyptian idolatry and false gods
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