AXIOS September 12, 2024
Scott Rosenberg

Building AI-powered robots that can flexibly operate in the real world is going to take much longer than Silicon Valley believes and promises, according to the former head of Google’s robotics moonshot project, writing in Wired.

Why it matters: Today’s generative AI revolution rests on the assumption that a multitude of long-awaited technologies — including humanoid robots, self-driving cars and superintelligent digital brains — are right around the corner.

Driving the news: Hans Peter Brondmo, the former CEO of Everyday Robotics — a 7-year effort by Google parent Alphabet that was scuttled last year — writes in Wired that “giving AI a body in the real world is both an issue of national security and an enormous economic opportunity.”

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Robotics/RPA, Technology
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