“I think it's very easy for people who are not deep in the technology itself to make generalizations, which may be a little dangerous. And we've certainly seen that recently with Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking, all saying AI is just taking off and it's going to take over the world very quickly. And the thing that they share is none of them work in this technological field.” PeopleThinkingWorldMayLittlesEasyTechnologyShareDangerousFieldsBillsGatesTechnologicalGeneralizationMusk Author:Rodney Brooks
“When people lose faith in the idea, you have to let them go, because they start to undermine it for everyone else.” PeopleIdeasLoses Author:Rodney Brooks
“My talent is getting things to work that people think are many decades in the future. I say we can make them happen now.” PeopleThinkingHappensTalentDecadesExecution Author:Rodney Brooks
“I always tell people, it's never too late to start saving for retirement. It's not that important how much you have already saved. What's important is that you start saving. And save as much as you can. You will be amazed at how quickly it will build up.” PeopleImportantRetirementAmazed Author:Rodney Brooks
“Two big questions that people ask me are: if we make these robots more and more human-like, will we accept them - will they need rights eventually? And the other question people ask me is, will they want to take over?” PeopleIfsWantNeedsHumansTwoBigsInspirationMotivationAsksAcceptingTechnologyRightsAsk MeRobotsBig Questions Author:Rodney Brooks