Podcast appearances and mentions of Rodney Brooks

In this episode of Brains and Machines, emeritus Prof. Rodney Brooks of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, currently CTO of Robust AI, talks about bottom-up and top-down approaches to robotics and AI with Dr. Sunny Bains of University College London. Discussion follows with Dr. Giulia D'Angelo from the Czech Technical University in Prague and Prof Ralph Etienne-Cummings of Johns Hopkins University.

Brent Schutte, chief investment officer at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co., says that the current stock market reminds him of the late 1990s -- with a super strong dollar, a few stocks driving the market while the others are mediocre, where the American market and economy are exceptional and more -- but as economic seasons changed, it was the rest of the market that thrived. That's what he sees happening again now, so he is preaching diversification, especially toward small-cap stocks but also with international investments and commodities, as a way of growing and protecting a portfolio in 2025. In The Book Interview, financial columnist and historian Rodney Brooks discusses “The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank and It's Lasting Socio-Economic Impact on Black America,” and Eric Schoenstein, portfolio manager and chief investment officer at Jensen Investment Management discusses quality investing in The Market Call.

Rodney Brooks has spent his entire life at the intersection of robotics, computers, and AI. When the Roomba vacuum cleaner launched in 2002, his company, iRobot, brought all three into millions of people's homes. iRobot had already succeeded with robots for space exploration, mine detection, search missions, and military applications. However, after the Roomba came out, it went public with a valuation of $600 million. By then, Rodney had been working on AI and robots for decades alongside the original creators of AI at Stanford and MIT. On today's episode, we discuss: The hype around machine learning and what's next Bootstrapping a startup versus taking funding The advantages of being ambitious The relationship between luck, risk, and success Building robots that work with people rather than against them How to build a trustworthy company How he predicts what technology is on the rise His advice to today's builders And much more — Brought to you by: Vanta – Automate compliance, manage risk, and prove trust—continuously. ⁠Get $1,000 off⁠. Runway – The finance platform you don't hate. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. — Where to find Rodney Brooks: • Website: https://people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodney-brooks-1a137517  • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rodneyabrooks.bsky.social  • X: https://x.com/rodneyabrooks Where to find Eric: • Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ericries.carrd.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  • Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ericriesshow.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  • YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@theericriesshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  — In This Episode We Cover: (00:00) Welcome to the Eric Ries Show (03:00) Taking iRobot public (04:33) The change in company culture from private to public (06:14) Rodney's upbringing in Australia and early experiments with computers, robots, and mathematics (7:19) The era of the computer operator (9:37) Rodney's arrival at Stanford in 1977 and move to MIT, at the dawn of AI (11:05) His relationships with the creators of AI (12:15) What innovators of AI and general intelligence thought they were creating at the time (13:17) Rodney's first AI startup, Lucid (14:52) What Rodney learned about building startups from the experience (18:31) Starting Light Robot, the space exploration company that eventually became iRobot (21:29) The fourteen business models on the road to success, including toys (26:03) The pivot to vacuums (29:04) Learning about the minutiae of mass production (34:43) Rodney's thoughts on the relationship between consumers and the people who make goods (38:08) Making robots that don't take away human agency (40:57) Building a trustworthy robotics company (43:56) Balancing low-cost and reliable products (47:00) RobustAI, Rodney's new company (51:54) The demand and need for warehouse robots (53:39) Building robots that work with people rather than against them (58:20) Talking to warehouse workers for insight into building robots (59:20) Building startups with a high degree of difficulty (1:05:29) The advantages of ambition (1:08:03) Predicting the patterns of technology (1:11:23) The role of luck in entrepreneurship (1:12:30) Rodney's thoughts on the current hype around AI and machine learning (1:15:34) Rodney's advice for today's builders (1:16:28) Lightning round You can find the transcript and references at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ericriesshow.com/⁠⁠⁠ — Production and marketing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://penname.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Eric may be an investor in the companies discussed.

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Anthony Jules, CEO & Co-Founder of Robust AI, a robotics company that has raised over $42 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: From MIT to Sapient: Anthony shares his journey from MIT grad school to co-founding Sapient Corporation, growing it from 3 to 4000 employees and taking it public. Early Tech Scene: He reminisces about the tech scene in the early '90s, the pre-Internet era, and the challenges of building tech companies without today's information flow. Vision of the Internet: Anthony discusses the early days of the Internet and how recognizing its potential for transactions was a pivotal moment for his career. Robotics and AI at Google: He recounts his time at Google, the excitement of working on cutting-edge projects, and his decision to leave due to the mismatch in scale and focus. Founding Robust AI: Anthony details the serendipitous meeting with co-founders Rodney Brooks and Henrik Christensen, leading to the creation of Robust AI. Navigating COVID: The early years of Robust AI were defined by the pandemic, pushing the team to innovate remotely and pivot their focus in response to evolving needs. //   Sponsors: Front Lines — We help B2B tech companies launch, manage, and grow podcasts that drive demand, awareness, and thought leadership. www.FrontLines.io The Global Talent Co. — We help tech startups find, vet, hire, pay, and retain amazing marketing talent that costs 50-70% less than the US & Europe.  www.GlobalTalent.co  

In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more Threads turns 1 Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo. Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board The White House will host a conference for social media creators Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers llama.ttf Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76 Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened Perplexity's grand theft AI Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI Tim Wu Is Out Of Control Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch This week's news on human cells 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram Calculus Advice Poem The Material Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more Threads turns 1 Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo. Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board The White House will host a conference for social media creators Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers llama.ttf Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76 Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened Perplexity's grand theft AI Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI Tim Wu Is Out Of Control Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch This week's news on human cells 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram Calculus Advice Poem The Material Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more Threads turns 1 Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo. Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board The White House will host a conference for social media creators Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers llama.ttf Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76 Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened Perplexity's grand theft AI Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI Tim Wu Is Out Of Control Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch This week's news on human cells 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram Calculus Advice Poem The Material Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more Threads turns 1 Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo. Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board The White House will host a conference for social media creators Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers llama.ttf Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76 Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened Perplexity's grand theft AI Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI Tim Wu Is Out Of Control Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch This week's news on human cells 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram Calculus Advice Poem The Material Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more Threads turns 1 Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo. Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board The White House will host a conference for social media creators Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers llama.ttf Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76 Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened Perplexity's grand theft AI Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI Tim Wu Is Out Of Control Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch This week's news on human cells 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram Calculus Advice Poem The Material Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more Threads turns 1 Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo. Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board The White House will host a conference for social media creators Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers llama.ttf Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76 Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened Perplexity's grand theft AI Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI Tim Wu Is Out Of Control Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch This week's news on human cells 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram Calculus Advice Poem The Material Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 30th, 2024.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:34): Writing GUI apps for Windows is painfulOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40839208&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:42): PostzegelcodeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40839418&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:56): Rodney Brooks on limitations of generative AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40835588&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:08): The weirdest QNX bug I've encountered (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40837411&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:21): Google Arts and Culture site I didn't know existedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40840699&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:28): Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer advocates warnOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40838515&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:44): How to get root access to your Sleep Number bedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40838167&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:55): Convolutions, Fast Fourier Transform and polynomials (2022)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40840396&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:05): A live ranking of airlines by how much luggage they are losingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40838290&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:11): Dev rejects CVE severity, makes his GitHub repo read-onlyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40837791&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Sofian Audry wrote Art in the Age of Machine Learning, an absolute canon read that contextualizes the contemporary flurry of creative AI application and detournement within a much longer lineage of human-machine relations. Their chapter in Choreomata straddles theory and practice, situating Sofian's own work in the field of robotics within a history of questions: how do we communicate to an audience through and with machine performers? How does the external intelligibility of a system complicate its autonomy? How, and why, do we construct empathy with our machine collaborators? In this conversation we discuss Sofian's concept of Apprivoisement, a French term akin to domestication or taming, but one which leans into the mutuality of the relationship without the stain of dominance. We love this term and are eager to watch it seep into the discourse. A few references from our conversation with Sofian: Gene Kogan's Abraham AI (https://abraham.ai/).Simon Penny's “Aesthetics of Behavior” — which is meaningfully different from Bourriaud's Behavioral Aesthetics — see Penny's “Making Sense: Cognition, Computing, Art, and Embodiment.” In discussing the Aesthetics of Behavior, Sofian briefly discusses the history of cybernetics, including W. Grey Walter (e.g. the cybernetic tortoises) and Gordon Pask (the “Colloquy of Mobiles”). They also reference the influence of Rodney Brooks, who argued for the necessity of robotics as an embodying factor within the domain of AI, on the more recent school of cybernetic-adjacent artists (e.g. Bill Vorn, Louis-Philippe Demers, Ken Rinaldo).Sofian references Memo Akten as an inspiration for their concept of Apprivoisement. Akten's work is profoundly important to the media art scene and to the general art world especially with respect to questions about AI. (Come on the pod, Memo!!!!)Sofian also references Beyond the Creative Species: Making Machines That Make Art and Music by Oliver Brown in contradistinction to Margaret Boden's value-driven concept of creativity. In addition to Sofian's book, we of course strongly recommend checking out their artistic practice.

Unlock the secrets of your family's past in this month's episode of "Future City" on 88.1 WYPR. Join us as we embark on a captivating journey through the annals of time, exploring genealogy and the intricate tapestry of our ancestors' lives. Our distinguished guests for this episode include Ari Wilkins, a renowned genealogist and lecturer, who shares invaluable insights into the fascinating world of tracing your family tree. Discover the tools, techniques, and resources that can help you uncover hidden stories and connections from generations past. We're also joined by Tom McCarriar, a prominent figure from the Maryland Genealogical Society, who sheds light on the local resources available for those eager to delve into their Maryland roots. Learn how to navigate historical archives and repositories, making the quest for your ancestry an enriching experience. To add a literary flair to the conversation, we have Rodney Brooks, a veteran journalist, writer, and author, who brings a unique perspective on the importance of storytelling within genealogy. Explore the power of narrative in preserving family histories and creating lasting legacies. Tune in to "Future City" and uncover the remarkable stories hidden within your family's history. Whether you're a seasoned genealogy enthusiast or just beginning your ancestral journey, this episode offers a wealth of knowledge and inspiration. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with your roots and embark on a voyage through time. Links to visit: blackgenesis.com https://rodneyabrooks.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode, we delve into the exciting realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in anesthesiology, uncovering its potential to revolutionize hospital systems and patient safety.We'll address common concerns about AI taking over jobs and emphasize why the human touch remains irreplaceable in healthcare.Segment 1: The Human ConnectionAI's role in healthcare isn't about replacing physicians; it's about augmenting their abilities.Patients seek a unique connection with their physicians that AI can't replicate.AI can reduce administrative tasks and enhance our focus on patients, such as minimizing Electronic Health Record (EHR) documentation.Segment 2: AI in Anesthesiology - A Scoping ReviewWe draw insights from two key papers:1.  Daniel A. Hashimoto, Elan Witkowski, Lei Gao, Ozanan Meireles, Guy Rosman; Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesiology: Current Techniques, Clinical Applications, and Limitations. Anesthesiology 2020; 132:379–394 2.  Bellini V, Valente M, Gaddi AV, Pelosi P, Bignami E. Artificial intelligence and telemedicine in anesthesia: potential and problems. Minerva Anestesiol. 2022 Sep;88(9):729-734. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.21.16241-8. Epub 2022 Feb 14. PMID: 35164492.Segment 3: 6 Key Themes of AI in the Operating Room (OR)PreoperativelyEvent Prediction: AI can classify ASA status, predict difficult airways, and recommend optimal anesthesia methods, enhancing safety.Intraop2. Depth of Anesthesia Assessment: AI, alongside BIS (Bispectral Index Monitoring), assesses the depth of anesthesia.AI's accuracy surpasses BIS in assessing depth, reducing the risk of intraoperative awareness3.  Control of Anesthesia Delivery: AI automates the delivery of paralytics and predicts drug pharmacokinetics for precise titration.4.  Ultrasound Guidance: AI assists in identifying critical structures during ultrasound, such as arteries and ideal vertebral levels for epidural placement.5.  Pain Management: AI analyzes whole-brain MRI to understand patients' responses to pain stimuli, improving our understanding of pain perception.6.  OR Logistics: AI attempts to optimize OR scheduling, staffing, and team dynamics but faces challenges due to the complexity of the OR environment                       Real-world data is essential for improving AI's accuracy in this domain.ConclusionWhile AI holds immense promise in anesthesiology, we must ensure it is fed with diverse and representative data to avoid perpetuating healthcare disparities.Pain is a personal experience, and AI must complement, not replace, our understanding of patients' pain.AI is a tool that can enhance efficiency and patient safety, but it will always work alongside the human touch in healthcare.Remember the words of Rodney Brooks, an Australian roboticist and entrepreneur: "Artificial intelligence is a tool, not a threat." AI's potential lies in its ability to support healthcare professionals and ultimately improve patient outcomesWant to keep the convo going? Join our FB group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/sevosistasHave a burning question? A concern? A controversy or issue you want to hear covered? We got you, boo! Leave a voice message at 202 743 1404. We will play your recording on the podcast and address your topic (if you don't want it played just say it in the voicemail, we will still cover your topic!). This podcast is for you and we want to include you on this journey! Hope to hear from you soon

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Descubre la historia de Rodney Brooks, emprendedor en robótica y creador del Roomba. Aprende cómo superó desafíos técnicos y de inversión para crear su exitosa empresa.

Jobst Landgrebe is a German scientist and entrepreneur. He began his career as a Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, then moved on to become a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Göttingen, working in cell biology and biomathematics. In April 2013, he founded Cognotekt, an AI based language technology company.Barry Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, with joint appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Informatics, Neurology, and Computer Science and Engineering. He is also Director of the National Center for Ontological Research and Visiting Professor in the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland. Landgrebe and Smith join the podcast to talk about their book Why Machines Will Never Rule the World: Artificial Intelligence without Fear. As the title indicates, the authors are skeptical towards claims made by Nick Bostrom, Elon Musk, and others about a coming superintelligence that will be able to dominate humanity. Landgrebe and Smith do not only think that such an outcome is beyond our current levels of technology, but that it is for all practical purposes impossible. Among the topics discussed are* The limits of mathematical modeling* The relevance of chaos theory* Our tendency to overestimate human intelligence and underestimate the power of evolution* Why the authors don't believe that the achievements of Deep Mind, DALL-E, and ChatGPT indicate that general intelligence is imminent * Where Langrebe and Smith think that believers in the Singularity go wrong. Listen in podcast form or watch on YouTube.Links:* The Feynman Lectures on Physics* Landgrebe on Galactica and ChatGPT.* Rodney Brooks, “Intelligence without Representation.”* Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence. Get full access to Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology at www.cspicenter.com/subscribe

Rodney Brooks talks about the dangers of squandering intelligence and the importance of conserving resources.

Rodney Brooks discusses the history and importance of welding and the role it plays in modern manufacturing.

Rodney Brooks, co-founder of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses how robotics is changing the field of religious education.

Rodney Brooks, an advisor to Microsoft and creator of the Typing of the Dead game tells Lexman about his experiences in the world of pedicures and what inspired him to create the Alhambra game. He also talks about the controversial topic of nibblers and irrepealableness.

A series of coincidental deaths blesses us with meeting Dr. Bambi Berenbaum who gets Mulder all horned up and causes Daive's untimely demise. Produced and pseudo-researched by Kristen Riley. Produced and edited by Daive Reed. Follow on Twitter @CastFiles Email us at TheeCastFiles@gmail.com https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-cast-files Music by Hal Six  Logo by @OokaArt   SHOW NOTES: Writer Darin Morgan was inspired to write the episode after he saw the cover of a magazine that featured insect-like robots designed by roboticist and author Rodney Brooks. One of the robots, called Genghis, was a six-legged insect-like robot inspired by insects who have limited brain functions but possess tremendous functionality.   In "Intelligence without representation" Brooks explains his theories, it's a very interesting read. I quite like the line" Out of the local chaos of their interactions there emerges, in the eye of an observer, a coherent pattern of behavior. There is no central purposeful focus of control. Minsky gives a similar account of how human behavior is generated." (Brooks pg 149) I like the flow of this episode, we go from a very scientific basis to another moral panic (specifially Jenkem) in a matter of minutes. It's a good mash-up of what the show tries to represent as a whole.  Finally, I want to touch on Kim Manners and Debbie Cove. Cove is the show's animal trainer. Shout out to her for keeping all but one cockroach alive through production. Apparently, that one cockroach died of old age! Manners seems to have fun with the set animals as well, with several cast and crew recalling how he would "direct" the bucket of cockroaches. Brilliant.  Another episode in your feed. Enjoy!   Xx Kristen

Rodney Brooks discusses the challenges and opportunities of smallholder agriculture in the face of climate change.

Jim Lawton, VP and GM of Robotics Automation at Zebra Technologies, met the founder of Roomba, Rodney Brooks, at MIT nearly three decades ago. It inspired a lifetime passion for  robots that help humans. Since then, he has influenced generations of robotic automation technology at companies from Rethink Robotics to Zebra Technologies. This is a fascinating discussion that will make you reconsider what robots can do and why humans shouldn't feel threatened by them. Listen and learn...How Jim cultivated a passion for robots... and why that makes him "the cool dad" How innovation in robotic technology is helping AMRs, autonomous mobile robots, perform more human-like tasks with less trainingWhich "dirty, dull, dangerous" tasks are the best candidates for robotic automation How new training techniques are reducing the time required to train a robot from 300 hours to a fraction of that  which "democratizes automation"  What's required to keep humans safe from robotsHow supplementing humans with robots for a task like picking items from warehouse shelves using machine vision saves 12-15 miles of walking per day while increasing accuracyHow techniques like SLAM and machine learning are making it easier to program robots to do more complex tasks more accurately with zero or minimal codingWhich new careers will be created by industrial robots... and which will be eliminatedTwo quick ways to know if a factory using robots and humans is safe Why Jim's passion is using robots to help people be their best selvesReferences in this episode:The Zebra blogTiernan Ray discusses bot sentience on AI and the Future of WorkIs Google's LaMDA sentient?Machines will out-perform humans in all tasks within 45 years... which is a good thing for us

Rodney Brooks is a sculptor and licorice taster who shares his incredible insights on the art and craft of licorice making. From his techniques to his philosophy on this often-misunderstood flavor, Rodney provides an entertaining and informative interview that any fan of licorice will enjoy.

Rodney Brooks discusses the importance of rigor in scientific research.

Rodney Brooks discusses his work on thinking machines, artificial intelligence, and theMontague Hotel genie.

Rodney Brooks, the co-founder of the MIT AI Lab, discusses his experience studying iconology and the hidden meaning behind traditional symbols.

Rodney Brooks joins Lexman for a storytelling drinking game themed episode about his life in the tech industry. They talk about the times they had too much to drink, their favorite Parkland moment, and Rodney's recent trip to Hajj.

Tuesday, July 5th, The Stew Peters Show is BACK from celebrating the Fourth of July to bring you an OUTSTANDING show to keep you in the patriotic mood! Dr. Brian Artis is what the Bible refers to as a Good Samaritan. He has picked up the heartbreaking case of Rodney Brooks who is at death's doorstep due to the improper & CRIMINAL care that the hospital has given him for “treating COVID”. Dr. Artis joins to speak out on what families all over the world are dealing with now, and how health insurance orgs are just as in on the Globalist scheme is depopulate the earth! DONATE: https://www.givesendgo.com/G394K Katie shares that since being on our program, she has had her Facebook profile removed for speaking out about what is happening to her daughter, & what had happened to her son before he had passed away. Kara's story is FAR too important to not share on The Stew Peters Show, & we ask that you would share the same! DONATE: https://gofund.me/ae5d751e Victoria White is facing 30 years in prison for her activism & HEROIC acts at January 6th. She was drug into the Capitol by the police, & beaten nearly to DEATH in the process. Her story deserves the spotlight, & all of the JUSTICE she can get! Maria Zeee joins to talk about Australia's pivot to Communism after establishing a social credit score inspired by China! Watch this new show NOW at StewPeters.com! Visit our friends at Goldco! Call 855-706-GOLD or visit http://goldco.com/SP Prepare your family for famine and shortages by purchasing food through: HeavensHarvest.com Check out http://nootopia.com/StewPeters for help increasing your mental & physical strength to battle the deep-state's KRYPTONITE plot against Americans! Get Dr. Zelenko's Anti-Shedding Treatment, NOW AVAILABLE FOR KIDS: http://zStackProtocol.com CACOA is super good, it's a super food, and it's super based! Buy it now: https://shop.earthechofoods.com/stew Go Ad-Free, Get Exclusive Content, Become a Premium user: https://redvoicemedia.com/premium Follow Stew on Gab: https://gab.com/RealStewPeters See all of Stew's content at https://StewPeters.com Watch full episodes here: https://redvoicemedia.net/stew-full-shows Check out Stew's store: http://StewPeters.shop Support our efforts to keep truth alive: https://www.redvoicemedia.com/support-red-voice-media/

How do you build 2 successful startups and how significant are the mindset and desire along the way?   Natan grew up next to his granddad's wood shop, always building things with his hands. At the same time, his dad, who was an engineer, taught him  about  programming, and he started doing that at an early age as well. As a teenager, he was interested in getting stuff done with more people, so he started his first company at the age of 17, and caught the Entrepreneurship Bug. Still being a highschool student, he came to experience a totally different world of meetings and thinking as the COO of the company, the things he only saw in movies before.   After he graduated high school, he served in the Air Force Intelligence, where he did operational and  technical roles, which meant a lot of responsibility on his hands. When he finished his service, he stepped out to a different world - it was the end game of the “.com” era, and he found himself writing a lot of code. He was drawn mostly to embedded systems - he liked the combination of hardware and software.  One friend sent him to the IDC, because he was interested in their scholarship for entrepreneurship, tech and leadership and asked Natan to take the application forms for him. As he helped his friend he thought to himself - why wouldn't I fill one for myself as well? At the time Natan was studying political science at the Open University Of Israel - Jean-Jacques Rousseau was as exciting to him as c++, but at the end - he found himself getting the scholarship and reevaluating his direction. He decided to do his Bachelor Degree in computer science.   He met Eyal Toledano in this program - a good friend and his co-founder. Both of them were in love with mobile, and searched together for what was most interesting for them. Natan managed to work during his studies full time. They were working on getting downloadable apps on mobile phones in the early 2000, when mobile phones mostly knew how to send text messages and do very simple things. Then came the 2008 crash, and while they had great ideas, they couldn't raise money.  Samsung reached them, as they had no R&D in Israel at the time, and although they were dreaming of making a company of their own, Samsung managed to convince them to join.  And so, at the age of 23-25 - Natan found himself being the GM for the mobile division for Samsung in Israel, an experience which he describes as his Grad School.   Moving to the US After 5 years in Samsung, Natan decided he wanted to try and build a company of his own. He came to the conclusion that for that he needed to become a VC or work in a VC, which in retrospect he suggests not to do. He met Harel Margalit. and joined JVP as EIR, where he had a lot of freedom to do what was interesting to him, when his wife was accepted to do her MBA in MIT - an opportunity of a lifetime.  It was a no brainer, and he decided to put his work aside and come with her.   That's how he landed in Boston. At first, he was confused and didn't quite know what to do after working in tech for a decade, but he knew this could be a fresh start for him. He thought he might try MIT as well, the Media lab specifically. At the same time, he started working with Prof. Rodney Brooks, whose company is responsible for iRobot & rumba, and pioneering robotics in general. Meeting Prof. Rodney was like meeting Michael Jordan for a basketball fan, as he was a very impactful and known figure in the worlds of machine learning and artificial intelligence.  Natan joined him in the new company he was building that signaled the dawn of collaborative robots, robots that would be safe to interact with humans and would be programmed by teaching.   He was 29 years old at the time, and after considering the tradeoffs he decided to join MIT, and his amazing journey there started, which ended with a PhD. He found new opportunities for himself from within the realm of the unknown. Natan explains that he appreciates the beauty in the dichotomy of the entrepreneur, of “organized chaos” - he didn't have a solid plan, but he had his anchors. He came in with the mentality of - “we'll figure it out. In the worst case - I'll get a job in a big company. And I tell that to new employees as well - people have the wrong impression of how risk works - because in the worst case you'll go back to the market and get a normal job.”   This belief is crucial for entrepreneurs, because we need to navigate all the time within the unknown, we can't have it all planned out and go exactly according to plan. We need to have trust in ourselves and believe in our abilities, and know from that deep place that no matter what, we'll figure it out.   Product-Market fit Media lab is a very hands-on place at MIT where you can explore and have a lot of creative freedom, and also get sponsors who come from industry and interact with the students. Natan came to MIT after decades of experience in engineering, and shares that it's difficult to unthink this way of doing things, so the entrepreneurial mindset never really left him.  He was working on projected augmented reality, and created Formlabs with two of his classmates.   Today, Formlabs is a decade old company with 700+ people, selling over 100,000 printers for design and engineering, but also for dental care. It became a Unicorn. “You can't really plan which company will hit its product market fit and when.” - Their decision to put their complex and expensive HW - SW product on Kickstarter was a risk, as the platform wasn't really used to that type of product - but it turned out to be a huge success, with 3M$ of product orders - that was an early product-market fit for them.   “No regret decision” Natan made the difficult decision to leave Formlabs and found Tulip, and shared that:” it was a moment that Jeff Bezos defines as a “no regret decision”, where you don't evaluate your decision based on what you know now, but based on thinking how regretful would you be if you looked back as an 90 years old man at this choice.” Formlabs was pretty stable, and Natan realized that this is the chance to build a very important second company, he couldn't imagine a reality where someone else does this instead of him - so he went all in. “It doesn't mean that you're comfortable and know exactly all the things about the decision, but the conviction that this is something worthwhile building was extremely clear.”   Managing it all Having 2 companies, a wife who's also a very busy executive and kids - how do you manage all the stress of having so many balls in the air at the same time? Natan shares that for him it didn't become so stressful overnight. He made the progress and the building of the company slowly and gradually on purpose - his bar for building a platform was very high, and he was preparing for the longhall.   As for the stress, he shares that for him there's only one thing that can give you balance, and that's the people around you - the family, his teams, the investors. Even as for stepping down from an operational type of role in Formlabs, it wouldn't have been possible without a great co-founder on the other hand.   When I asked Natan about navigating between his personal and professional life, he shared that he grew up with 4 siblings and 2 hardworking parents, so the idea of a demanding career and kids together was not foreign to him, it's just life.  The practical reality is that as parents you take turns and cover for each other - there is no magic answer. Although they're far from their close family, there are other parts of the family and a community that they've built over the years, and they make the best of it - there's always trade-offs.  Still, he shares he's living in a constant reality of wanting to be with his family more and spend more time with his kids, but having said that, the other side of the coin is that they're being good role model for their kids, teaching them the value of work and the entrepreneurship mentality - “no matter what they'll choose to do when they'll grow up, it teaches them about life.”

The legacy you leave for tomorrow depends on the choices you make today, especially if your goal is to build wealth for future generations. Rodney A. Brooks joins us to underscore the importance of more Black families focusing on retirement savings, insurance, investing and estate planning—beginning with our children—as keys to closing America's racial wealth gap.

Planning for retirement is complex and challenging. My guest today, Rodney Brooks, shares his insights on retirement and we discuss his new book Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism & Discrimination Put Us Here, But This is How We Save Future Generations on the challenges African Americans face in retirement planning. We discuss: How he first become interested in writing about personal finance and retirement After writing about retirement, how his life in "retirement" is going What likely surprises people should be prepared for in retirement The benefits of working longer What regrets people have shared with him about their retirements His new book Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism & Discrimination Put Us Here, But This is How We Save Future Generations The size and scope of the wealth gap and the health gap The unique challenges African Americans face in planning for retirement – and Black women in particular His views on the most important things people need to do to plan for a successful retirement How people can learn more Rodney Brooks joins us from Maryland. __________________________ Bio Rodney Brooks is a veteran journalist, writer and author specializing in  retirement planning and other personal finance issues.  He's written for many national publications, including USA TODAY and The Washington Post, His columns currently run in U.S. News & World Report and AARP's Senior Planet. Brooks is a contributor for National Geographic, Next Avenue, and many others. He has also written about professional athletes and their finances for the Undefeated, an ESPN website. He is author of the book Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap:what has put us here, but how we can save future generations. He is co-author of Retirement Planning Essentials: A Guide to Living Well Without Running out of Money. He is also the author of Is One Million Dollars Enough: A Guide to Planning for and Living Through a Successful Retirement.. Prior to retiring in 2015 after 30 years, Brooks was Deputy Managing Editor for Personal Finance and retirement columnist for USA TODAY, where he coordinated all personal finance on all platforms for USA TODAY. __________________________ For More on Rodney Brooks Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap:what has put us here, but how we can save future generations. Website: rodneyabrooks.com Cornell Alumni profile Follow on Twitter @Perfiguy __________________________ Wise Quotes On Retirement Today "I don't really consider myself retired because retirement has changed and retired people people do many things in retirement. They don't sit home or watch westerns on TV like our daddies did. People keep busy and that's hard for a lot of people. My son-in-law asked: So, when are you really gonna retire?  I said I don't really anticipate it because what would I do." "People aren't really prepared for figuring out what to do, if they don't have things planned out yet. I had a friend,  a good friend, who called me up and said Rodney, there's nothing to do! Well, think about that before you retire. I always tell people make sure you have a plan for how you're going to spend your time. If you're not going to work, have a plan to do something. Volunteer. You'll get real tired if you play golf every day or do all those home projects you thought you would get to [one day]. You'll run through those, but get bored really quickly." On the Health Gap "African Americans suffer disproportionately from 8 of the top 13 leading causes of death in the United States,  for a bunch of reasons. Black Americans have higher rates of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes, and  you have to add murder in there. But, many people don't realize that Alzheimer's is is twice as likely to happen to a Black woman than a white American. I did a story on Blacks and Alzheimer's and I was shocked at the numbers. I really didn't really know that there was a racial component there.

Rodney Brooks, personal finance columnist at U.S. News and World Report -- author of "Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap" -- says that for all of the causes behind racial and ethnic wealth divides in America, the biggest, best solution is not government programs but basic financial education, literacy combined with opportunities so that, in time, minorities will not hold a nickel's worth of generational wealth compared to every dollar held  by white people. Also on the show, Charles Rotblut, editor of AAII Journal, discusses the current rise in neutral sentiment among investors, David Trainer of New Constructs offers up a holiday gift -- an attractive stock instead of the usual troublesome ones -- in The Danger Zone, and Ben Johnson, director of global ETF research at Morningstar, talks exchange-traded funds in the Market Call. 

Machine Visions is a show about the acceleration of robotics deployed across every sector of our economy. Hosted by Obvious Ventures' Nan Li, this 5-part series dives into the current breakout moment in industrial robotics, where next-gen robots are taking on new challenges and scaling rapidly in production. We'll bring you the inside story from leading voices in this industry to understand what's happening today and what's to come. To start off the series, robotics legend Rodney Brooks offers perspective from his four plus decades working in the space. ​​Rodney is a multi-time founder of companies like iRobot and Rethink Robotics, professor emeritus at MIT, and longtime leading voice in all things robotics and AI. We dig into what Rodney sees in the near future of robotics - the challenges to be solved and approaches we need to get there. Obvious is a venture capital firm investing in purpose driven companies reimagining trillion-dollar industries.

Jutta Weber wirft einen kritischen Blick auf zeitgenössische Paradigmen künstlicher Intelligenz und maschinellen Lernens und fragt nach deren Wirkmacht im Feld der datengestützten Kriegsführung. Shownotes Website von Jutta Weber: https://juttaweber.eu/ Jutta Weber auf der Seite der Universität Paderborn: https://kw.uni-paderborn.de/institut-fuer-medienwissenschaften/mediensoziologie/ Aufsatz "Human-Machine Learning und Digital Commons. K/Ein Manifest" von Jutta Weber in: "In digitaler Gesellschaft" von Kathrin Braun und Cordula Kropp (Hg.): https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-5453-0/in-digitaler-gesellschaft/ (Open Access) Aufsatz "Keep Adding. On kill lists, drone warfare and the politics of databases" von Jutta Weber: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0263775815623537 Aufsatz "Human Machine Autonomies" von Jutta Weber und Lucy Suchman in "Autonomous Weapons Systems": https://juttaweber.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Weber_Suchman_Human_machine_autonomies_pre_print-1.pdf (Volltext PDF) Weitere Materialien: Disposition Matrix (Wiki): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposition_Matrix Forschungsbericht zur Evaluationsstudie der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zu vorhersagebasierter Polizeiarbeit, insbesondere zur Software PRECOBS und dem Baden-Württembergischen Pilotprojekt: https://www.mpg.de/14268002/mpicc_jb_2019 Cory Doctorow, Autor von z.B. "Wie man einen Toaster überlistet": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.de/Buch/Wie-man-einen-Toaster-ueberlistet/Cory-Doctorow/Heyne/e553384.rhd Shakey, der mobile Roboter: https://www.sri.com/hoi/shakey-the-robot/ Rodney Brooks: https://rodneybrooks.com/ Weitere Future Histories Episoden zum Thema: Frederike Kaltheuner zu Datafizierung und A.I. Snake Oil: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e02-frederike-kaltheuner-zu-datafizierung-und-a.i-snake-oil/ Vincent August zu technologischem Regieren: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e04-vincent-august-zu-technologischem-regieren/ Benjamin Seibel zu politischer Kybernetik: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e01-interview-mit-benjamin-seibel-zu-politischer-kybernetik/ Felix Stalder zu Machtausübung durch Algorithmen: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e04-interview-mit-felix-stalder-zu-machtausuebung-durch-algorithmen/ Marlies Wirth & Paul Feigelfeld zu künstlicher Intelligenz: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e05-interview-mit-marlies-wirth-amp-paul-feigelfeld-zu-kuenstlicher-intelligenz/ Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e30-paul-feigelfeld-zu-alternativen-zukuenften-unvollstaendigkeit-amp-dem-sein-in-der-technik/ Florian Butollo zu Industrie 4.0, künstlicher Intelligenz & Produktivkraft in Zeiten der Digitalisierung: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e21-florian-butollo-zu-industrie-4.0-kuenstlicher-intelligenz-amp-produktivkraft-in-zeiten-der-digitalisierung/ Wenn euch Future Histories gefällt, dann erwägt doch bitte eine Unterstützung auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Schreibt mir unter office@futurehistories.today und diskutiert mit auf Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast oder auf Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/ www.futurehistories.today   Episode Keywords #JuttaWeber, #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #Interview, #KünstlicheIntelligenz, #K.I., #KI, #MaschinellesLernen, #AI, #A.I., #ArtificialIntelligence, #BigData, #MachineLearning, #DispositionMatrix, #KillList, #Digitalisierung, #Daten, #Data, #Datafizierung, #DatenbasierteKriegsführung, #Algorithmen, #GenetischeAlgorithmen, #Kybernetik, #Technokratie, #Technorationalität, #Roboter, #Militär, #DasRegierenDerAlgorithmen, #AlgorithmischesRegieren, #HumanMachineLearning, #DigitalCommons

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: – Paperspace: https://gradient.run/lex to get $15 credit – GiveDirectly: https://givedirectly.org/lex to get gift matched up to $300 – BiOptimizers: http://www.magbreakthrough.com/lex to get 10% off – Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off – SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex and use code LEX to get a free security camera EPISODE LINKS: Rodney's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodneyabrooks Rodney's Blog: http://rodneybrooks.com/blog/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube

Having a strategic retirement plan is more than a financial plan. According to Rodney Brooks, it's a plan for how you want to spend the rest of your life.

How should we think about the technical problem of building smarter-than-human AI that does what we want? When and how should AI systems defer to us? Should they have their own goals, and how should those goals be managed? In this episode, Dylan Hadfield-Menell talks about his work on assistance games that formalizes these questions. The first couple years of my PhD program included many long conversations with Dylan that helped shape how I view AI x-risk research, so it was great to have another one in the form of a recorded interview. Link to the transcript Link to the paper "Cooperative Inverse Reinforcement Learning" Link to the paper "The Off-Switch Game" Link to the paper "Inverse Reward Design" Dylan's twitter account Link to apply to the MIT EECS graduate program Other work mentioned in the discussion: The original paper on inverse optimal control Justin Fu's research on, among other things, adversarial IRL Preferences implicit in the state of the world What are you optimizing for? Aligning recommender systems with human values The Assistive Multi-Armed Bandit Soares et al. on Corrigibility Should Robots be Obedient? Rodney Brooks on the Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI Products in category theory AXRP Episode 7 - Side Effects with Victoria Krakovna Attainable Utility Preservation Penalizing side effects using stepwise relative reachability Simplifying Reward Design through Divide-and-Conquer Active Inverse Reward Design An Efficient, Generalized Bellman Update For Cooperative Inverse Reinforcement Learning Incomplete Contracting and AI Alignment Multi-Principal Assistance Games Consequences of Misaligned AI

Dr. Aaron Edsinger spent years at MIT CSAIL's Humanoid Robotics Group, building robots in the shape of human torsos under the tutelage of world-renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks. It may seem strange, then, that the flagship product at his latest startup, Hello Robot, doesn't look human at all.  Listen in to hear about how Edsinger views the difference between startups and corporate life when it comes to innovation that truly serves people and communities well, from the iterative design process down to the pragmatism of simple design. Edsinger has run the gamut from founding robotics startups to Head of Robotics at Google to founding robotics startups acquired by Google. Throughout, he's gained unique perspective on what it means to design robotics that are designed for the market and how that differs from designs that are market-ready.   

Matt Lloyd, chief investment strategist at Advisors Asset Management, says investors may need to adjust expectations for market returns over the next five years, as stocks deal with changes in growth, bonds deal with low interest rates and the economy starts to face down inflation. Also on the show, Rodney Brooks of US News and World Report discusses the Biden Administration's potential plan to eliminate tax-deductibility of 401(k) plans -- favoring tax credits for contributions instead -- David Trainer of New Constructs discusses his firm's win on Gamestop as well as another pairing of stocks looking at what he describes as a 'micro bubble,' and Matt Breidert of the Ecofin Global Renewables Infrastructure fund covers stocks in the Market Call.  

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Boston-based robotic gardening startup Tertill this morning announced that it has appointed Helen Greiner as CEO and Chairman. The executive is best known for cofounding iRobot in 1990 along with fellow MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab members Rodney Brooks and Colin Angle (the company's longtime CEO). At first glance, Tertill is a pretty natural fit for […]

The buzz: “Sawyer the Robot will work for the equivalent of $4 per day. And he's never in a bad mood. Can you compete with that?” Sawyer is the brainchild of Rodney Brooks, the inventor of robotic vacuum Roomba and PackBot, the robot used to clear bunkers in Iraq and Afghanistan and at the World Trade Center after 9/11. (newsweek.com) No matter how far Industry 4.0 automation goes, manufacturers will ALWAYS need humans to fill roles that cannot be automated – completing complex tasks and making intuitive decisions. The key is to define what roles do and don't need human intervention. The goal: augment humans with Industry 4.0, not replace them. AI doesn't take the person out of the process, it takes the robot out of the person. As the degree of automation increases, so does decision-making complexity. We'll ask W. David Stephenson at Stephenson Strategies and Richard Howells at SAP for their insights on Industry 4.0: Augmenting Humans to Empower Productivity and Decision-Making.

CONSCIOUSNESS - Everything we know, everything we think, comes from our brain. Are brains our window to reality, seeing what truly exists? Or are we bound by brains, mental slaves of the meat in our heads? Featuring Christopher Evans, Kelsey Martin, Robert Bilder, Jared Diamond, and Rodney Brooks.

Our guest this week is Social Security and retirement planning expert Mary Beth Franklin. Mary Beth is president of RetirePro and a contributing editor to InvestmentNews. She's a frequent public speaker and she also has her own podcast, "Retirement Repair Shop." In addition to her deep knowledge about retirement planning, Mary Beth is a virtual encyclopedia on the ins and outs of Social Security, especially beneficial claiming strategies. Her most recent book is Maximizing Social Security Retirement Benefits: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most Out of Complicated New Claiming Rules. Prior to joining InvestmentNews, Mary Beth was tax editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and a Capitol Hill reporter at United Press International. She has also earned the Certified Financial Planner designation.BackgroundMary Beth Franklin bio  Mary Beth Franklin InvestmentNews article archive  Mary Beth Franklin on Twitter Mary Beth Franklin Retirement Repair Shop podcast Pandemic Impact on Retirement, Social Security Planning“Rethinking Retirement Amid the COVID-19 Crisis,” by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews, May 10, 2020.  “Americans Remain Confident about Their Retirement Prospects,” by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews, April 29, 2020.  Withdrawing Your Social Security Application, SSA.gov.  Suspending Your Retirement Benefits Payments, SSA.gov.  “Pandemic Prompts Some to Rethink Social Security Claiming Strategy," by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews, April 7, 2020.  “Escape Hatch for Workers Claiming Social Security Early,” by Mary Beth Franklin, Investment News, April 22, 2020.  “Taking Social Security in the Pandemic: What to Know,” by Mark Miller, The New York Times, April 17, 2020.  “Social Security Has a Quick Cash Solution,” by Mary Beth Franklin, Investment News, May 19, 2020.  “Coronavirus-Related Relief for Retirement Plans and IRAs: Questions and Answers,” IRS.gov.  “Few Use CARES Act to Tap Retirement Savings,” by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews, June 10, 2020.  “How to Fund a Social Security Delay,” by Mary Beth Franklin, Investment News, Aug. 11, 2017.  “Wade Pfau: The 4% Rule Is No Longer Safe,” by Wade Pfau, Christine Benz, and Jeff Ptak, The Long View podcast, April 29, 2020.  “Using Reverse Mortgages in a Responsible Retirement Income Plan,” by Wade Pfau, Retirement Researcher.com. “Senior-Housing Communities Face Higher Vacancy Rates Amid Coronavirus,” by Peter Grant, The Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2020.  Tax Planning and Retirement“Stimulus Package Has Helpful Provisions for Retireees,” by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews, April 1, 2020.  “RMD Rollover Relief Granted Under CARES Act,” by Jeff Stimpson, Accounting Today, June 23, 2020. “Now Is the Time to Convert Your Traditional IRA to a Roth,” by Rodney Brooks, U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2020.Social Security Claiming“Coronavirus Is Closing Social Security Offices: Here’s How to Get Benefit Help,” by Mark Miller, The New York Times, March 17, 2020.  My Social Security  Social Security Retirement Estimator  "Your Retirement Benefit: How It’s Figured," SSA.gov.“Social Security and Survivor Benefits,” by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews, Feb. 27, 2020. “Social Security Claiming Strategies for Married Couples,” by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews, Feb. 21, 2020.  “Social Security Strategies for Singles,” by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AARP.org.  “Social Security Surviving Divorced Spouse Benefits,” Benefits.gov.  “Social Security Widow(er)’s Insurance Benefits," Benefits.gov.  Social Security Financial Health“Social Security Funding Still Set to Run Out in 2035,” by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews, April 22, 2020. "No, You Won't Lose All of Your Social Security Benefits," by Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, April 22, 2020. The 2020 OASDI Trustees Report

Jason interviews Dr. Carlo Maley on the ways that Nature has already beaten cancer.   Dr. Maley received his Ph.D. from MIT in computer science (computational biology) in 1998 working with Rodney Brooks and Michael Donoghue (at Harvard at the time), his M.Sc. Zoology (evolutionary theory) from University of Oxford in 1993 working with W.D. Hamilton, and his B.A. in computer science and psychology from Oberlin College in 1991.   He went on to hold faculty positions at the Wistar Institute (2005-2010) and the University of California San Francisco (2010-2015) before joining Arizona State University in 2015.Maley is a Renowned Cancer Biologist, Evolutionary Biologist, and Computational Biologist.  Maley will discuss the findings from his TedxTalks Event: "How Nature Has Already Beat Cancer." (TEDxASU), published on 5/22/16.    Jason looks forward to interviewing Dr. Maley about his research which describes Twelve Examples of Animals Who Have Beat Cancer Through Evolution including such animals such as the elehpant, rhinocerous, giraffe, water buffalo, indian bison, polar bears and others.  Maley's team applies evolutionary and ecological theory to three problems in cancer: (1) Neoplastic progression: the evolutionary dynamics among cells of a tumor that drive progression from normal tissue to malignant cancers, (2) Acquired therapeutic resistance: the evolutionary dynamics by which our therapies select for resistance and we fail to cure cancer, and (3) the evolution of cancer suppression mechanisms in large, long-lived animals like elephants and whales (a problem called Peto's Paradox). They use genomic data mining, phylogenetics, computational modeling, as well as wet lab techniques to solve these problems. In all of this work, their goals are to develop better methods to prevent cancer and improve cancer management.  

In 1989, two MIT artificial intelligence researchers made a terrifying prediction. “Within a few years,” wrote Rodney Brooks and Anita Flynn, “it will be possible at modest cost to invade a planet with millions of tiny robots.” Their paper “Fast, Cheap and out of Control: A Robot Invasion of the Solar System,”, argued that small, autonomous “gnat robots” would soon become cheap enough to solve problems en masse.

If you own a Roomba, you can thank Rod, because he's the co-founder of iRobot. He launched the company almost three decades ago when he was a professor at MIT. Well, today, he's at it again. He's trying to disrupt the world of industrial robotics with his new startup, Rethink Robotics. While I was in Boston a few weeks ago, I visited him at his home in Cambridge and captured some great stories. His extensive experiences over his career inspired the new company. We hear about the pending workforce shortage (yes, really!) and why location matters with manufacturing, whether it's China, America, or anywhere else. It's possible that the influence of the Prague Spring on his college math classes in Australia might have been the key influence in his research years later. He warns us about the hype of artificial intelligence and the potential of collaborative robotics. I'm surprised to hear how difficult it has been for his company to get their robots onto the factory floor given the obvious ROI. He shares humbling lessons about finding product market fit, which he learned the hard way across all three of his startups, and the lessons he takes away. But thanks in large part to his evangelism, the conversation around industrial robotics is changing. Might his ideas help save the manufacturing industry? The views expressed on The Art of Manufacturing podcast are those of the guests, and not our sponsors or partners. For more information, photos, and links, check out the show notes at http://makeitinla.org/rodneybrooks.