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Eric Jang: Software and Hardware for General Robots

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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

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…

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