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Today’s show:

Sanctuary AI CEO Geordie Rose joins Jason for an incredible interview on the complexities of using AI to train robots (11:09), developing large behavior models (17:53), the 'lights out' moment in manufacturing (42:52), and much more!

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Time stamps:

(0:00) Sanctuary AI CEO Geordie Rose joins Jason

(3:42) Sanctuary AI's approach to robotics and motivation behind creating humanoid robots

(6:05) The human hand's integral role in AI-driven robot development: Planning, reasoning, and understanding the world

(11:09) Moravec’s paradox and the challenges of instilling perception in robots

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(17:53) The significance of "Micro-Policies" and developing large behavior models

(22:59) Exploring human cognition and large behavior models

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(30:23) Sanctuary AI’s Phoenix robot, robot training, and use of large language models

(37:46) Robotics in automotive manufacturing

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(42:52) The"lights out' moment in manufacturing and the challenge of regulatory capture in AI

(56:01) Humans’ problem-solving nature and roots of technological fear

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Ananyo Bhattacharya is the author of The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann. He is a science writer who has worked at the Economist and Nature. Before journalism, he was a medical researcher at the Burnham Institute in San Diego, California. He holds a degree in physics from the University of Oxford and a PhD in protein crystallography from Imperial College London.

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Timestamps:

(0:00:30) - John Von Neumann - The Man From The Future

(0:02:29) - The Forgotten Father of Game Theory

(0:16:04) - The last representative of the great mathematicians

(0:19:45) - Did John Von Neumann have a Miracle year?

(0:26:31) - The fundamental theorem of John von Neumann’s game theory

(0:29:34) - The strong supporter of "Preventive War”

(0:50:51) - We can't all be superhuman

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