Tesla’s Massive Supercomputer Exposed w/ James Douma #20 (Ep. 378)

This is #6 of 6 parts of an interview with James Douma, recorded on June 22, 2021. Andrej Karpathy CVPR presentation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6bOwQdCJrc .

James Douma on Twitter, https://twitter.com/jamesdouma
James Douma on AI playlist, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfibpgBinf9R7KIedEU3y-YjrA63LSKHX

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Why Tesla needs a supercomputer
04:55 - GPU vs neural net processor
07:30 - $150 million supercomputer (estimate)
10:30 - What is Dojo?
15:00 - Thermals & cooling
17:55 - Computer power importance, scaling, OpenAI
19:25 - Time to train Tesla neural nets?
21:10 - Tesla AI Day expectations
24:20 - Who is in the same league as Tesla?
27:45 - Does Tesla need Lidar, ever?
32:52 - Difficulty of sensor fusion
37:20 - Conclusion

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