“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
“I begin by looking for megatrends, changes in the world that will create major new demands. My goal is to create a company that can be there to meet those demands.” WorldGoalCompanyDemandMajors Author:Rodney Brooks
“I'd rather have half of my idea change the world than my whole idea be a few papers in a journal.” WorldIdeasWholeHalfPaperChanging The WorldExecutionJournalPapers Author:Rodney Brooks
“When I look out in the future, I can't imagine a world, 500 years from now, where we don't have robots everywhere.” WorldYearsLooksI CanTechnologyImagineRobots Author:Rodney Brooks