Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrunis an innovator, entrepreneur educator, and computer scientist from Germany. He was CEO and cofounder of Udacity. Before that, he was a Google VP and Fellow, and a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. At Google, he founded Google X. He is currently also an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and at Georgia Tech...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 May 1967
CountryGermany
healthy world break
You can't change the world without a certain amount of healthy willingness to break the rules.
years world shots
In 50 years, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.
way problem process
My process is learn, decide, and do. I've never seen a problem that couldn't be solved this way.
self car looks
Self-driving cars will enable car-sharing even in spread-out suburbs. A car will come to you just when you need it. And when you are done with it, the car will just drive away, so you won't even have to look for parking.
passion years two
I've developed my passion for cars that drive themselves from being stuck in traffic for many, many, many hours of my life. I don't know what it adds up to, but I feel like I've lost a year or two just in traffic. That's big to me. That's a lot of time, a lot of money that I just lose on the road.
love-is climbing weight
I learned to basically pull my own weight, just do my own thing. I spent a lot of time alone and I loved it. It was actually really great because to the present day I love spending time alone. I go bicycling alone, go climbing alone and I just love being with myself and observing myself and learning something.
technology numbers people
I have a really deep belief that we create technologies to empower ourselves. We've invented a lot of technology that just makes us all faster and better, and I'm generally a big fan of this. I just want to make sure that this technology stays subservient to people. People are the number one entity there is on this planet.
glasses google brain
The Inventor Of Google Glass Says It Could Outsource Our Brains
moon should-have way
Question every assumption and go towards the problem, like the way they flew to the moon. We should have more moon shots and flights to the moon in areas of societal importance.
movies online stage teaching tv
You have to understand that teaching online is different, just like movies are different from the stage and TV is different from radio.
autonomous potential vehicles
The potential here is enormous. Autonomous vehicles will be as important as the Internet.
event good partner quite rewarding vehicle
We had a good day, ... It has been quite rewarding to partner with Volkswagen on an event that contributes to such significant advancements in vehicle technology.
average car driving love minutes people spends
Honestly, the average American spends about 52 minutes a day in commute traffic. And as much as I love driving my car and many people like driving their car, commuting has never been fun for me.
connection synonymous technology
Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.