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Uncommon card · Science
Sebastian Thrun, an Uncommon card
Sebastian Thrun is a German-American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and educator.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 119 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Sebastian Thrun quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sebastian Thrun card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is the co-founder of Google X, co-founder of ______, and former chief executive officer of Kitty Hawk Corporation.
Answer
Udacity. He is the co-founder of Google X, co-founder of Udacity, and former chief executive officer of Kitty Hawk Corporation. From the Sebastian Thrun article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sebastian Thrun. Sebastian Thrun 73 · Alan Kay 68 · Jacquard machine 65 · Connective tissue 62 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is an adjunct professor at Stanford University and is known for his work in self-driving cars, robotics, artificial intelligence, and online education.
- He is the co-founder of Google X, co-founder of Udacity, and former chief executive officer of Kitty Hawk Corporation.
- He is widely recognized for his contributions to autonomous driving systems, particularly as leader of the Google Chauffeur Project and as the leader of the Stanford Racing that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, an event widely credited with accelerating research in self-driving technology.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sebastian Thrun article was read about 73,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Sebastian Thrun
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sebastian Thrun (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
