‘Check back in 15 years’: Robotics legend Rodney Brooks rejects AI hype but won’t call it a bubble

The entrepreneur and former MIT professor thinks practical humanoid robots and superintelligence are centuries away.
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Rodney Brooks slams AI hype and predicts robotics progress in 15 years

Few voices in artificial intelligence carry as much weight as Rodney Brooks. As a co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics, ...
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Elon Musk has an ambitious new target for when Tesla’s Optimus robots will go on sale

Elon Musk said Thursday that Tesla’s Optimus robots should be available to the public by the end of next year, after the company refines the technology. “That’s when we are confident that its very ...
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An MIT roboticist who cofounded bankrupt robot vacuum maker iRobot says Elon Musk’s vision of humanoid robot assistants is pure fantasy thinking

Rodney Brooks said future “humanoid” robots will have wheels and multiple arms.
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UNL to pay Rodney Bennett more than $1.1M. Read the details.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Rodney Bennett will receive a one-time payment of more than $1.1 million when he leaves on Jan. 12.