Rodney Brooks
Australian roboticist
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Videos Mentioning Rodney Brooks
Dr. Fei-Fei Li, The Godmother of AI — Asking Audacious Questions & Finding Your North Star
Tim Ferriss
A former MIT professor in robotics, mentioned as a notable scientist to follow.
Rodney Brooks: Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #217
Lex Fridman
One of the greatest roboticists in history, known for leading MIT's CSAIL, co-founding iRobot and Rethink Robotics, and Robust.AI. He is the guest of this interview.
Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #215
Lex Fridman
Robotics pioneer and co-founder of iRobot, who dismissed AlphaZero's achievements as a 'homework problem'.
The Trouble with AI: A Conversation with Stuart Russell and Gary Marcus (Episode #312)
Sam Harris
Mentioned as someone who is not worried about AI risk, whom Sam Harris has spoken with previously.
Deep Learning State of the Art (2020)
Lex Fridman
Noted for predicting that the popular press would declare the era of deep learning over by 2020, highlighting skepticism about its limits.
Max Tegmark: Life 3.0 | Lex Fridman Podcast #1
Lex Fridman
Robotics engineer and AI researcher whose predictions on AGI timelines are referenced.
Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch | Lex Fridman Podcast #114
Lex Fridman
His perspective on AI's future, where humans become 'robot people' due to increasing integration of technology, is highly favored.
Kyle Vogt: Cruise Automation | Lex Fridman Podcast #14
Lex Fridman
Mentioned in the context of predictions for autonomous vehicle adoption.
Self-Driving Cars: State of the Art (2019)
Lex Fridman
Represents the more pessimistic side of the autonomous vehicle prediction spectrum, suggesting fully autonomous vehicles may not be prevalent until beyond 2050, with significant city bans on manual driving in the 2030s.
Regulating Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Yoshua Bengio and Scott Wiener(Episode #379)
Sam Harris
A roboticist cited as holding a view on the less concerned side regarding AI risk, who Sam Harris debated.
MIT Self-Driving Cars (2018)
Lex Fridman
A key figure from MIT in the field of robotics, who has made predictions about the timeline for full autonomy.