Computer Vision News - November 2021

2 Summary 8 Exclusive Interview 10 years now. Also, to deploy at this scale, there are many things that have to come together, like being able to create these trucks, the sensors, the physical assets at the scale necessary. There are the regulators, and you need to build the trust of the public, etc. There are many factors. It’s not just I build the technology and that’s it. It’s an entire ecosystem. As always, when you have many factors that need to come together, there is the risk that one of them is not ready, but I think everybody understands this technology can really change the world as we know it today for the better and we can create incredible opportunities. It is just a matter of working together towards creating a safe solution, right? I know you well enough to say that you are not driven by money. You told me about your vision that this technology would save lives and give life back to the elderly and people with disabilities. Is it still so? Yeah, it’s definitely not the money. There are many ways to make money. So that’s definitely not something that attracts me in any form! [ laughs ] Archive photo from the Toronto Star with friend and colleague Sanja Fidler.