Podcast

Description

Rodney Brooks is a roboticist, former head of CSAIL at MIT, and co-founder of iRobot, Rethink Robotics, and Robust.AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:33) - First robots
  (28:58) - Brains and computers
  (1:01:47) - Self-driving cars
  (1:21:57) - Believing in the impossible
  (1:32:47) - Predictions
  (1:43:49) - iRobot
  (2:11:11) - Sharing an office with AI experts
  (2:23:21) - Advice for young people
  (2:27:07) - Meaning of life

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