Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDmitri Dolgov: belief
24 Mar 2026 Cheeky Pint The 20-year journey to fully autonomous cars with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo
“I would say that culture of Google of not accepting the status quo, having a big vision, and investing in technical talent—the people who can go the distance and realize the vision, that is part of the culture.”
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- Dmitri Dolgov
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- belief
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- 24 Mar 2026
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- Cheeky Pint
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…Last question I have. You've been promoted a lot at Google. It feels like Google really recognized your talents. Just what do you think Google does? Google is famously one of the very best in the world at technical talent and say, the current AI wave more broadly happening, is either stuff happening at Google or generally Google alumni. But just what have you observed firsthand from how Google does this so well? I would say that culture of Google of not accepting the status quo, having a big vision, and investing in technical talent—the people who can go the distance and realize the vision, that is part of the culture. I think this is what you're seeing with the breakthroughs in AI in the digital world, and like all of the early investments in transformers and other fundamental technologies, quantum computing. I guess we are not unlike those efforts as well. Dmitri, thank you.…
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