Byron Boots

Roboticist

1. Autonomy is extremely powerful because it allows the vehicle to sense the environment, represent it, plan through the environment, all on board, like at the edge, makes its own decisions, and it doesn't require a human to essentially drive it.

   Byron Boots · The Shawn Ryan Show · #336 Byron Boots - He Turned a Polaris RZR Into a Self-Driving Military Vehicle · 2026-09-03

2. It's not existential for the US yet. And I think that means that adoption is just slow. Like people aren't feeling the pressure to do it.

   Byron Boots · The Shawn Ryan Show · #336 Byron Boots - He Turned a Polaris RZR Into a Self-Driving Military Vehicle · 2026-09-03

3. It's the notion that you have a 2D image and you're trying to kind of understand this complex 3D world... an infinite number of different worlds could have produced the same visual image on your retina.

   Byron Boots · The Shawn Ryan Show · #336 Byron Boots - He Turned a Polaris RZR Into a Self-Driving Military Vehicle · 2026-09-03

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• The Shawn Ryan Show · #336 Byron Boots - He Turned a Polaris RZR Into a Self-Driving Military Vehicle · 2026-09-03
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