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:
0:00 - Introduction
1:31 - First robots
22:56 - Brains and computers
55:45 - Self-driving cars
1:15:55 - Believing in the impossible
1:26:45 - Predictions
1:37:47 - iRobot
2:05:09 - Sharing an office with AI experts
2:17:19 - Advice for young people
2:21:05 - Meaning of life

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