YouTube's Sh*tty Robots machine-maker, very funny human being, professional tinkerer and potential astronaut Simone Giertz hops in Alie's car to hang out in a sketchy Hollywood alley and chat. Topics covered: the definition of a robot, artificial intelligence, the gateway to her thirst for engineering power, plastic animals, and topless grandmas.
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Building Hard Tech in Hard Markets: Kyle Vogt on Cruise, Twitch, and The Bot Company
Kyle Vogt joins Sarah and Elad on this week’s episode of No Priors. A serial entrepreneur, Kyle co-founded Twitch, transforming live streaming, and later Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company acquired by GM for $1 billion. Now he’s taking on AI-powered home robotics with The Bot ... Show More
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The consciousness test | Yoshua Bengio, Sabine Hossenfelder, Nick Lane, and Hilary Lawson
<p><strong>The consciousness test</strong></p><p>Could an artificial intelligence be capable of genuine conscious experience?</p><p>Coming from a range of different scientific and philosophical perspectives, Yoshua Bengio, Sabine Hossenfelder, Nick Lane, and Hilary Lawson dive de ... Show More
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<p>Ken Goldberg is at the forefront of robotics — which means he tries to teach machines to do things humans find trivial.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://goldberg.berkeley.edu/">Ken Goldberg</a>, professor of industrial engineering and operat ... Show More
