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An interview with self-driving visionary Larry Burns, co-author of ‘Autonomy’– Forbes

By TechTaffy Desk

Greg Gardner interviews Lawrence Burns, a former vice president of research, development and planning at General Motors, who has been an advisor to Waymo (formerly Google’s self-driving car project) since 2011.

Here is the link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/greggardner/2018/08/23/an-interview-with-self-driving-visionary-larry-burns-co-author-of-autonomy/#279235fe4513

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