Vance campaigning for Orban in Hungary elections last week didn't save him. 55 of 199 seats in today's election and winner has 138. Major defeat after 16 years in power for Putin ally.
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Rodney Brooks Resigns from OpenAI Over AI Ethics Concerns
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I resigned from OpenAI. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn’t an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I’m proud of what we built together.
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Rodney Brooks publishes annual predictions update with ten year forecasts
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Just published my annual predictions update, tracking from Jan 1st 2018, with new commentary and new ten year predictions. It is long. https://
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orecard-2026-january-01/
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Why Today’s Humanoid Robots Won’t Learn Dexterity
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I have just finished and just published some weekend reading for you. 9,600 words of not easy reading, on why today's humanoid robots won't learn to be dexterous. https://
rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-hum
anoids-wont-learn-dexterity/
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Rodney Brooks Reflects on 2006 AI Prediction Benchmarks
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You asked about how my predictions are holding up. My last slide at Dartmouth '06 was 4 immediate challenges: 1. Visual object recognition capabilities of a 2 year old child, 2. Manual dexterity of a 6 yr old, 3. Language capabilities of a 4 yr old, 4. social sophistication of a
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AI Overhype Cycles: Rodney Brooks Reflects on 37 Years
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"Every so often a new AI development comes along and great excitement ensues as people stumble over themselves convinced that the key to intelligence has been unlocked." Me writing about AI overhype 37+ years ago. Old dogs, old tricks. Yes, I did look like that.
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Generative AI and Humanoid Robots: Hype Drivers and Similarities
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Today's new blog post on how the hype around each of Generative AI and Humanoid Robots is driven by similar pressures, with some slight differences in emphasis. https://
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Robots Serving People: Takayama’s Influence on Robotics Laws
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Luckily I get taught by Leila Takayama every day@robust.AI–here she calls for robots working for people rather than replacing them–inspiring 2 of my 3 robotics laws. A robot's appearances makes a promise about what it can do & people need to have agency over robots.
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Levandowski analyzes missing technical challenges in Robotaxi unveil
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Anthony Levandowski (pardoned by Trump on his last day in office for a criminal conviction for stealing IP from Google) brings some sanity in analyzing what the missing hard parts are from the Robotaxi unveil tonight. (Story doesn't really match headline.)
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Key Questions for Tesla’s CyberCab Unveiling Event
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What to look for in tomorrow's CyberCab unveil. Will existing Teslas be part of it, as previously promised? Will the new purpose-built car have Lidar? How will they get driverless licensing (they are way behind Waymo, Cruise, and Zoox on regulatory front)?