“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
“Well, I think we are seeing some shifts in manufacturing. China, when you go in and you talk to the big manufacturers there, the biggest problems in mainland China are recruiting and retention. There isn't an endless supply of cheap labor anymore in China. And it's now true that the labor rates in Mexico are lower than in China.” ThinkingWellsProblemBigsSeeingLaborRateChinaEndlessMexicoManufacturingRetentionCheap Labor 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
