Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Sebastian Thrun Will Teach You How to Build Your Own Self-Driving Car, For Free

Last August, Sebastian Thrun, the brains behind Google’s self-driving cars and one of the world’s top AI experts, offered an online version of Stanford’s Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course to absolutely anyone who wanted to take it, for free. It turned out to be just a little bit popular (over 150,000 students enrolled), and now Thrun is offering a new, totally free, seven-week online course called Programming a Robotic Car. I know, it sounds a little bit ambitious, but this is straight from the class FAQ:

Can I really learn how to build a self-driving car in 7 weeks?

Yes! In seven weeks, you will learn the basics of all the primary systems involved in programming a robotic car. […]

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