IEEE Spectrum: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "How Google's Self-Driving Car Works", hN recommends it as a technical talk aimed at a real engineering audience, with live demos of perception and pre-mapped roads.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2012–2016talkHN recommends it as a technical talk aimed at a real engineering audience, with live demos of perception and pre-mapped roads.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2013–2017explainerHN commenters bring it up as a look at a promising display technology that has stayed outside the mainstream.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2015–2025news clipHN uses it as the go-to illustration of Moravec's paradox and as a baseline for how far robotics has come since 2015.
- cited 3× 0 months 2010–2017demoCited as a simple example of automated driving maneuvers beyond what human drivers can do.
Questions
Which IEEE Spectrum video does Hacker News recommend most?
How Google's Self-Driving Car Works: recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users between 2012 and 2016.
Is this every IEEE Spectrum video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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