For those who haven't seen Openpilot before, or recently:
* George Hotz (not "Hortz") is working on other stuff now [0], and is no longer CEO.
* While "I'm running open-source self-driving software from GitHub" sounds terrifying, the software is very good at what it does, which is very limited (LKAS / ACC / driver monitoring). Browsing test videos on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=openpilot+0.5) is a good way to get an impression for how well it works; the consensus I've found is that it's better and safer than any stock systems except Tesla AP and Super Cruise.
I've toyed with the idea of applying to comma, seemed like a good idea to learn tons in computer vision. but if anything Hotz himself would be why I wouldn't do it. I enjoy the roots of his f u attitude - but : we're so much smarter than anyone else in this market, is simply not true
I knew he stepped down but I didn't know he was starting a new venture already. Is there any indication what the new venture is about? The site doesn't say much unfortunately.
Per the site and his instagram [0], it's an AR thing of some sort. He was playing around with a North Star prototype [1] on stream a few days ago [2]. But it's still very early–if he actually sticks with this project I imagine it will be at least few months before anything substantial is announced.
* George Hotz (not "Hortz") is working on other stuff now [0], and is no longer CEO.
* While "I'm running open-source self-driving software from GitHub" sounds terrifying, the software is very good at what it does, which is very limited (LKAS / ACC / driver monitoring). Browsing test videos on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=openpilot+0.5) is a good way to get an impression for how well it works; the consensus I've found is that it's better and safer than any stock systems except Tesla AP and Super Cruise.
[0] http://pixie.tech