A leading roboticist punctures the hype about self-driving cars, AI chatbots and humanoid robots

Waymo, the largest purveyor of self-driven transport, says on its website that its robotaxis are “ the embodiment of fully ...
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Leading roboticist punctures hype about humanoid robots, Mars, self-driving cars | Michael Hiltzik

We are inundated with technological hype. Self-driving cars, human-like robots and AI chatbots are the subject of sometimes ...
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Rodney Brooks exposes harsh realities behind Musk’s robot dreams

Could the world’s “biggest product” turn out to be its biggest fantasy? Rodney Brooks, the co-founder of iRobot and a pioneer in autonomous systems, thinks Elon Musk’s vision of humanoid robot ...
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MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI

When Rodney Brooks talks about robotics and artificial intelligence, you should listen. Currently the Panasonic Professor of Robotics Emeritus at MIT, he also co-founded three key companies, including ...
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Researcher Rodney Brooks says current AI is overrated

Renowned computer scientist and robotics researcher Rodney Allen Brooks is pushing back on all of the excitement about artificial intelligence, or AI, saying experts and the public have been ...
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Robot taxis? Hyperloops? A top technologist wages war on tech’s hype machine

Rodney Brooks knows the difference between real technological progress and baseless hype. One of the world’s most accomplished experts in robotics and artificial intelligence, Brooks is a co-founder ...
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Rodney Brooks OBITUARY

Rodney Brooks SARATOGA SPRINGS – Rodney Brooks, age 69, of Saratoga Springs passed away suddenly on Saturday, April 4, 2015 while vacationing with his family in Florida. He was born on August 10, 1945 ...