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October General Meeting Presentation

GGCS is inviting you to view our  General Meeting Presentation via ZOOM
Monday, October 28, 2024 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm ZOOM ONLY MEETING

Speaker:  Adam Compton.

Adam Compton has worked in tech for 20 years, in lots of different industries and with many different technologies. Currently he’s working at Wayve on AI-based self-driving cars.

Subject: Self Driving Cars and the critical role of AI in their development.

This presentation will explore self driving cars and the critical role of AI in their development.  Adam has 20 years of experience as a software engineer, now supporting the development of Wayve’s artificial intelligence system. This year British self-driving startup Wayve raised $1 billion and set a record for venture capital investment with investors Nvidia, Microsoft, Softbank, Virgin, among others.

  • What are the different AI approaches to self-driving cars? Who are the players and what car companies are backing them?
  • What sensors are needed for each AI approach?
  • Can a successful AI car be autonomous, or must it interoperate with other car systems? Which way are the winds blowing fragmented or integrated systems?
  • What will the sensors plus AI add to the cost of a car? Will AI cars require a $40,000 nVidia B200 chip?
  • How does AI actually learn? That is, how does it figure out something it hasn’t encountered before? What has it learned recently?
  • What other components besides AI are needed for self-driving cars? (Hint: sensors, road infrastructure, connectivity, and more)

 

The recording for the last meeting is now on YouTube.

Recording from the September meeting is now on our YouTube channel, please check it out, click here.
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GGCS Membership Opportunity!!

Because in-person activities have been replaced by Zoom meetings for now, our room rental expenses have been reduced. Therefore, the Board has reduced the annual membership fee by half. It is presently $24, about 50 cents a week.

We still have monthly meetings with guest speakers and SIG (Special Interest Group) sessions. They are just online for now. We urge you to support the GGCS by joining or renewing this month.

To join or renew, please click here for our membership page. Thank you for supporting GGCS.