Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom talk about just how realistic our expectations of intelligent robots really are. We use Rodney Brooks’ essays on the subject to investigate.

• Rodney Brooks: “Steps Toward Super Intelligence IV, Things to Work on Now”
• Dogs CAN recognize images on TV
• Rethink Robotics robots, Baxter and Sawyer
• Brian Roemmele RoboPsych Podcast Ep. 66
• Flesh and Machines by Rodney Brooks
• Clothes folding robot
• Brooks on magical thinking about AI
• False belief test
• NY Times Op-ed: AI Hits Hidden Barrier of Meaning
• Gary Marcus' work
• Carla's Popular Science article, "Don't Blame The Robots, Blame Us"
• RoboPsych Podcast Episode 64: Designing Places for People Living With Robots
• Article: “Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant In The Room”
• Article on hacking Alexa and Google Home
• Hacking stop signs to fool autonomous vehicles
• Rodney Brooks film: "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control"

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