Show notes
Racing is a sport of tiny margins and mountains of data. OpenAI researcher Joyce Ruffell and RaceTek Systems co-founder Chase Holden are each using AI to help teams make better use of information from the track, the garage, and the people behind the wheel. They discuss OpenAI’s research collaboration with Chip Ganassi Racing and how Chase used ChatGPT and Codex to go from hosting a NASCAR podcast to building a racing intelligence company. They also examine how AI could give smaller teams an edge without replacing the human expertise at the heart of racing, and why car culture runs so deep at OpenAI.Chapters00:43 Intro to OpenAI researcher Joyce Ruffell and Chip Ganassi Racing02:43 Intro to Chase Holden and RaceTek Systems07:45 Joyce’s path into racing10:00 Helping racing teams work with AI15:31 Combining human feedback with racing data18:26 How AI helps smaller teams compete21:43 Spreadsheets and the “data wars” in racing27:03 Getting started with AI and Codex30:08 How RaceTek won its first customer33:01 Humans, robot racing, and the future of competition39:26 Using AI beyond the racetrack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
