There's also one from a couple days ago that he responded to earlier today.

This response re the self driving car was particularly interesting-

"While the technology has progressed a lot, it still can't handle all situations we want it to handle. But on the positive end, I have taken the car a number of times to Lake Tahoe (highway only), and every time it drove flawlessly."

Here's a Charlie Rose interview with Sebastian Thrun: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12321

It struck me how the overwhelmingly positive response to his online Stanford class took him by surprise and really spurred him to want to open up education. I guess even the most accomplished among us can become inspired.

Anyone else planning on doing the Intro to Statistics course?

I find it telling that in this AMA as well as a few other interviews he seems to be noticeably more excited about the educational startup that he's a CEO of than the driverless car or glass projects. I guess no matter how great an environment an employer provides (and my understanding is that Google X is an upgrade from the regular Google) there's just more excitement when you're captain of your own ship.

I can't forget an inspiring and landmark conference communication given by Sebastian Thrun last January that struck me deeply:

http://youtu.be/SkneoNrfadk