Eric Jang: Software and Hardware for General Robots
Disclaimer, these are just my opinions and not necessarily those of my employer or robotics colleagues. 2021-04-23: If you liked this post, you may be interested in a more recent blog post I wrote on why I believe in end-to-end learning for robots. Hacker News Discussion Moravec's Paradox describes the observation that our AI systems can solve "adult-level cognitive" tasks like chess-playing or passing text-based intelligence tests fairly easily, while accomplishing basic sensorimotor skills like crawling around or grasping objects - things one-year old children can do - are very difficult. Anyone who has tried to build a robot to do anything will realize that Moravec's Paradox is not a paradox at all, but rather a direct corollary of our physical reality being so irredeemably complex and constantly demanding. Modern humans traverse millions of square kilometers in their lifetime, a labyrinth full of dangers and opportunities. If we had to consciously process and deliberate all the sur
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