Best Road To Autonomy Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 346 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's Highway Unlock Is Real. Its Moat Still Isn't. 31:44

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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Waymo’s great highway unlock, their Bay Area expansion to 260 square miles and the launch of commercial service at the San Jose Airport. Despite the expansion, Waymo remains sharply vehicle-constrained. Bloomberg reported this week that the company is operating roughly 1,000 ve…

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Love, Laugh, Live – AoN 985 1:00:00

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In this episode, Richie T Steadman and Taylor Westbrook discuss a variety of topics including their experiences at a recent live show, aspirations for podcasting and stand-up comedy, and the dynamics of dating. They also delve into church experiences, the appointment of a new apostle, and the implications of artificial intelligence within the churc…

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Elias – An Epic of the Ages – Dr. Reid Nelson – 984 42:00

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Orson F. Whitney’s Elias—An Epic of the Ages stands as Mormonism’s most ambitious literary achievement, a sweeping poetic retelling of the plan of salvation and the Restoration. First published in 1904 and refined in Whitney’s 1914 edition, the ten-canto epic draws upon scripture, history, and inspired imagination to place the life and mission of J…

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Inside The Startup Launching AI Into Space 12:55

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Starcloud recently made history by launching a satellite with an NVIDIA H100 into orbit — the first time a GPU that powerful has ever operated in space. It's the first step toward building AI data centers in orbit, powered by continuous sunlight and cooled by radiating heat into deep space.Their approach could one day rival the world's biggest data…

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Autonomous Vehicles Unpacked: An Overview of the Technology, Safety, and the Road to Regulation 18:13

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A conversation that examines how autonomous vehicles operate across different levels of automation, including different approaches to the technology, as well as a discussion of safety implications and the evolving regulatory landscape. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificia…

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136 The Four Agreements: Opening The Door To Personal Freedom 26:05

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We open a new arc with The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, shifting from a year of habits and happiness into a practice of inner freedom rooted in Toltec wisdom. The smoky mirror story sets our theme: clear the fog, see the light, and rebuild beliefs that actually serve. • framing freedom as the progression after happiness and habits • why Tolt…

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137. MyMaine Birth: Choosing Hospital Induction with Autonomy, Miranda's Waldo Hospital Birth Story 39:08

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Send us a text Are you a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth? You’re in the right place! In this episode, we discuss: Miranda returns to share her third birth story, check out episode 18 of MyMaine Birth to hear the first part of her story What happens when your baby doesn't pass a bio physical profile at 4…

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Infinite Contingencies – Michael Hawkins PhD – 983 57:00

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While there is peace and simplicity in Latter-day Saint doctrine, there are also many complexities that leave many with thought-provoking questions. Infinite Contingencies invites all to explore these complexities, and it shows that gospel discussions can spark discovery, challenge assumptions, and deepen faith. Through rigorous scholarship and dee…

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136. MyMaine Birth: Melanie's Peaceful Home Birth after Healing and Hard Lessons 1:09:33

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Send us a text Are you a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth? You’re in the right place! In this episode, we discuss: Home birth in Maine Melanie returns to share her story of a peaceful and uncomplicated home birth after healing from a traumatic first birth experience. You can listen to Episode 69 of MyMai…

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Episode 345 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Expands, Lyft Builds, Uber Ducks as Tesla Rewrites the Autonomy Script 40:43

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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Waymo’s expansion into three new markets, Uber’s role in autonomy and Lyft’s growing infrastructure ambitions. Beneath the headlines, Tesla is aiming to once again reshape the entire autonomous driving industry with their AI5 chip, FSD Unsupervised deployment, and the expansion…

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How To Recruit The Best Engineers And Sales Reps 43:20

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Most founders think hiring is about interviewing. But it's actually about selling.For Startup School, Juicebox co-founder & CEO David Paffenholz joins YC's Harj Taggar to share how early-stage founders can find, pitch, and close top engineering and sales talent— from crafting better outreach to winning great hires from Big Tech— even when you're an…

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135. MyMaine Birth: Cathy's Car Freebirth on the Side of the Road In The Maine Woods 52:36

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Send us a text Are you a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth? You’re in the right place! In this episode, we discuss: Cathy's Second Birth Story, an unplanned Freebirth on her way from Lubec to Ellsworth Hospital Hear Cathy's First Birth Story recorded when she was 37 weeks pregnnat in Episode 121 of MyMain…

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Imagining and Reimagining the Restoration – Robert A. Rees 982 54:00

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In Imagining and Reimagining the Restoration, Robert A. Rees embarks on an imaginative and profound exploration of Latter-day Saint theology and culture. Through essays, poems, and midrashic interpretations, Rees sheds new light on foundational doctrines, the roles of prophetic imagination, and the divine narratives within the Restoration. He reexa…

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134. MyMaine Birth: Mollys Mercy Hospital Birth Story 40:37

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Send us a text Are you a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth? You’re in the right place! In this episode, we discuss: Molly's second birth story - check out episode 17 of MyMaine Birth to hear the first part of her story! Mercy Hospital Birth Story The perks of being pregnant during the summer in Maine Midw…

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Agentic Autonomy, Alignment, Acceleration: Anthropic’s Claude & Haiku 4.5 15:23

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A deep dive into Anthropic’s latest AI releases—Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Haiku 4.5—covering extended agentic autonomy, memory innovations, sharper situational awareness and improved alignment and safety metrics. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence…

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135 Next Up: The Space Between Books 28:20

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We pause between books to invite you to read with us and announce The Four Agreements as our next deep dive into practical personal freedom for work and life. We share why slow, deliberate reading changes behavior, and offer a complimentary Agile Brain assessment to support the journey. • reason for a pause and invitation to catch up • announcement…

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Temple Ticker and 55 Mission Madness 981 51:00

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55 New missions to be organized in 2026 Total of 506 missions for 84,000 missionaries in 2025 (1 per 166 Previous high of 89,000 in 2014 84,000 missionaries and 416 missions in 2015 (1 per 202) New Missions in Nations without one previously Senegal Dakar Malawi Lilongwe Togo Lomé Solomon Islands Honiara Countries with second Mission despite small c…

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Kickstarter Updates #1 1:31

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KICKSTARTER LINK: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/georgiacook/the-holmwood-foundation-season-two (My apologies for any phlem and mouth sounds during this message. I'm currently battling a cold) Hello everyone. Georgia here, one half of the writing team behind the Holmwood Foundation. We now have two weeks left to go on our Kickstarter for seas…

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Episode 344 | Autonomy Markets: NVIDIA’s Autonomy Ambitions Become Clearer as Waymo and Uber Head for Divorce 34:03

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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss NVIDIA’s ever expanding autonomy ambitions and the fracturing relationship between Waymo and Uber, which may signal the end of one of the industry’s most-watched partnerships. Jensen Huang’s latest GTC announcements further signaled that NVIDIA is moving beyond supplying comput…

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I Believe in Butter Autonomy AoN 980 54:13

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The post I Believe in Butter Autonomy AoN 980 appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.By Richie T

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SP6 Special Edition Agile Brain: Climbing The Pyramid Of Human Needs 49:45

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We map a four-sided pyramid of human needs—self, social, material, spiritual—and explore how foundations enable higher aims like purpose and transcendence. Research, culture, and real stories show why ethics, community, and conscious reflection turn values into action and bias into empathy. • defining the four opposing life domains • why foundation…

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Advancements in AI Video Generation 17:31

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This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello discuss OpenAI’s Sora 2 model and the rapid evolution of AI-generated video and audio—what it enables, why it matters and the legal and ethical questions it raises. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industr…

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133. MyMaine Birth: Pushing Against The Tide, Kia's Mercy Hospital Birth Story 56:25

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Send us a text Are you a soon to be mom, a seasoned mother, or simply interested in the world of birth? You’re in the right place! In this episode, we discuss: Mercy Hospital Birth Story The mind games and manipulation around the term "hospital policy"... spoiler - its not the law, and you can always just say "No" if you want to Midwifery care and …

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The Beautiful “S” Word AoN 979 1:12:00

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The post The Beautiful “S” Word AoN 979 appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.By Richie T

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SP5 Special Edition Agile Brain: Justice, Ethics, And The Search For Meaning 59:31

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We trace how justice, ethics, and transcendence shape a meaningful life and why chasing happiness fails while purpose endures. JD Pincus shares research, history, and a practical tool to surface unmet needs and align action with values. • defining the spiritual domain and why it matters • rules to ethics to transcendence as a growth ladder • eviden…

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SP4 Special Edition Agile Brain: Lonely Hearts, Social Needs 49:46

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We explore why inclusion, connection, and recognition are the social motives that make work and life feel meaningful, and how loneliness quietly harms health, teams, and trust. Stories from reality TV to school lunchrooms reveal why sincere care and specific praise beat trophies every time. • inclusion as the base of belonging • connection deepenin…

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SP3 Special Edition Agile Brain:Autonomy To Flow 45:24

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We explore how autonomy enables immersion and why true success is a byproduct of meeting core emotional needs, not a shortcut to status. Stories of lottery winners, creatives, athletes, and leaders reveal why skipping foundations backfires and how failure becomes fuel. • autonomy as permission, resources, skill, and influence • immersion as real em…

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Episode 343 | GM’s Return to Autonomy 43:20

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David Welch, Detroit Bureau Chief, Bloomberg joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss GM’s return to autonomy and the company’s long-term strategy for personally owned autonomous vehicles. As GM once again re-enters the autonomous vehicle market, the company is signaling a new chapter, one centered on developing a hands-free…

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The Long Road of Email Repentance AoN 978 1:01:00

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The post The Long Road of Email Repentance AoN 978 appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.By Richie T

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From Idea to $650M Exit: Lessons in Building AI Startups 39:24

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Jake Heller is the co-founder & CEO of Casetext, the AI legal startup behind CoCounsel, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters for $650 million.In his talk at AI Startup School on June 17th, 2025, he shared how his team did it—from picking the right idea to building AI products that actually work—and how founders can turn a cool demo into a reliable…

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Episode 342 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla's Robotaxi Scale Plan, NVIDIA's Autonomy Ambitions 40:04

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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Tesla’s Q3 earnings call, NVIDIA’s strategic partnership with Uber, and GM’s surprising return to autonomy under Sterling Anderson’s leadership. The conversation opens with Walt’s firsthand insights from Tesla’s Q3 2025 earnings call, where the company confirmed plans to remove…

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Live Show from Salt Lake City Chuck-A-Rama 1:12:00

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The post Live Show from Salt Lake City Chuck-A-Rama appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.By Richie T

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SP2 Special Edition Agile Brain: Self, Safety, And The Road To Potential 45:48

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We explore how psychological safety enables authenticity, and how authenticity unlocks potential. JD Pincus connects fear, narcissism, imposter syndrome, and conspiracy thinking to a broader model of self, social, material, and spiritual domains, leading to transcendence. • Safety as the basis for authentic expression • Apprenticeship and voice dev…

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SP1 Special Edition Agile Brain: Emotions Drive The Wheel 32:09

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We launch a special seven-part series with Dr. JD Pincus exploring the 12 emotional needs that shape decisions, leadership, and fulfillment. Emotions lead, thoughts explain, and leaders thrive when they surface needs and align habits with values. • origin story from punk band to psychologist • scope of the book and why the bibliography matters • em…

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Algorithmic Collusion: California’s AI and Antitrust Update 22:36

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In this week’s episode of “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest, Scott Caravello and Matthew Robinson unpack an enacted bill out of California that amends the state’s existing antitrust laws to address algorithmic price fixing in the age of AI. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.co…

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Transformers: The Discovery That Sparked the AI Revolution 9:18

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Nearly every modern AI model, from ChatGPT and Claude to Gemini and Grok, is built on the same foundation: the Transformer.In this video, YC's Ankit Gupta traces how AI learned to understand language — from early RNNs and LSTMs to attention mechanisms and the breakthrough 2017 paper Attention Is All You Need — the discovery that unlocked the modern…

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134 UnF Yourself: Conclusion-Step Up, Then Think 30:34

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We close out the book’s final chapter with a clear call to move from mantra to motion, to treat growth as a loop—think, act, learn, repeat—and to choose deliberate trade-offs instead of waiting for perfect timing. Stories, tools, and a simple challenge help you shift from can’t to won’t to done. • mindset loop from internal assertions to external a…

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YC Partners Answer Your Questions | Office Hours 38:32

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Every founder faces moments where they’re not sure what to do next — such as how to go to market with AI products, when to pivot, and who/when to hire. In this episode of Office Hours, YC partners Pete Koomen, Brad Flora, Nicolas Dessaigne, and Gustaf Alströmer answer real questions from founders and share stories about how great teams build convic…

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Episode 341 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla FSD 14 Updates and Waymo’s Latest Moove Away from Uber 33:04

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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Tesla’s continued FSD 14 updates, Waymo’s expansion to London and the growing political and infrastructure challenges shaping the next phase of robotaxi growth. Walt shares his latest hands-on experience with FSD 14, including testing the new “Mad Max” mode, featuring more asse…

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Legislative Developments: Spotlight on California’s SB 53 16:24

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This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello dissect major AI legislative developments related to California’s SB 53, as well as New York’s RAISE Act and a newly introduced federal AI bill. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intel…

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I don’t Wanna say “Told You So” AoN 976 56:00

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The post I don’t Wanna say “Told You So” AoN 976 appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.By Richie T

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Tad and Kathryn Callister Replay of 586 The Cultural Hall 49:43

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Jesus Christ is the Master Teacher, and we have been commanded to follow His example, acquiring not only His attributes but also His teaching skills. As we do so, we invite the Spirit into our lives in the fullest measure... The post Tad and Kathryn Callister Replay of 586 The Cultural Hall appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.…

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THE HOLMWOOD FOUNDATION S2 KICKSTARTER IS NOW LIVE! 1:08

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Hello everyone, This is Fio Trethewey for your update on The Holmwood Foundation. Following our successful seven-episode first season, we’re back to crowdfunding for Season Two, and this time we want to bring you ten brand new episodes to continue this story and expand the world of The Holmwood Foundation! We estimate that we will need £40k to make…

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133 UnF Yourself: Wake Up, Let Go, Move Forward 34:08

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We explore how “expect nothing, accept everything” shifts us from rumination to action, drawing on Stoic ideas, happiness research, and candid stories from work and home. The theme is simple: lower the grip of outcomes, raise ownership in the present, and move. • why hidden expectations derail progress and mood • solving the reality–expectation gap…

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What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI And Jobs 8:00

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For years, we've heard two major narratives about AI. One predicting the end of human work, the other dismissing it as hype. The truth is more nuanced, and more hopeful.From radiology to software engineering, the pattern repeats: as technology makes tasks cheaper and faster, demand for human creativity and judgment grows.YC's Garry Tan explores wha…

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Temples Not Announced in Conference Anymore? 975 46:00

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New Temple Announcements President Oaks says read my lips: no new temple announcements for now Opens the door for announcements to be made outside conference Nelson Temple Legacy 7 Year, 10 Month Presidency 49 Temples Dedicated 100 Temple Groundbreakings 200... The post Temples Not Announced in Conference Anymore? 975 appeared first on The Cultural…

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Episode 340 | Magna's Vision for Autonomy Begins at Level 2 38:38

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David Doria, Director of Engineering – Automated Driving, Magna joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss Magna’s approach to developing autonomous driving systems. As the automotive industry transitions toward software-defined vehicles that will eventually become fully autonomous, the core technologies driving this transform…

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Live Taping of The Cultural Hall Show October 23rd in SLC AoN 974 1:01:00

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The post Live Taping of The Cultural Hall Show October 23rd in SLC AoN 974 appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.By Richie T

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Inside DoorDash's Adorable 20mph Delivery Robot (w/ DoorDash VP of Autonomy Ashu Rege) 57:51

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We do a deep dive into Dot, DoorDash's newly announced homegrown delivery robot, that has eyes, can talks, and is capable of speeds up to 20mph.By Oliver Bruce and Horace Dediu

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How To Design Products That Truly Stand Out 35:49

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Karri Saarinen is the co-founder and CEO of Linear, the issue tracking tool used by thousands of high-growth companies. Before Linear, he was the first designer at Coinbase and later a lead designer at Airbnb.On Design Review with YC's Aaron Epstein, Karri shares how his design background shaped Linear’s product philosophy, why quality and craft ma…