The Talk
About
In January 2025, I delivered a keynote at TEDx Campo dei Fiori in Rome, sharing insights from my work at Waymo where I lead product strategy for autonomous vehicle AI and safety systems.
Key Themes
- The Technology: How we're teaching machines to navigate the complexity of human environments
- Safety First: Building systems that are safer than human drivers
- Urban Transformation: How cities will evolve when transportation becomes autonomous
- The Human Element: What happens when we're no longer drivers, but passengers
Background
This talk draws from my experience leading the development of ML models and evaluation frameworks that power Waymo's self-driving technology, including delivering 50x growth in pedestrian safety and expanding operations to 5 new cities.