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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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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