Author: Rodney Brooks

Quotes

People don't say, 'I just had a kid and I hope it turns out to be a factory worker.'

People don't say, 'I just had a kid and I hope it turns out to be a factory worker.'

- Rodney Brooks

Are those 'terrible' machines really putting those people out of work? Or are they getting rid of a really dull job that we shouldn't be torturing people with?

Are those 'terrible' machines really putting those people out of work? Or are they getting rid of a really dull job that we shouldn't be torturing people with?

- Rodney Brooks

Every technology, every science that tells us more about ourselves, is scary at the time.

Every technology, every science that tells us more about ourselves, is scary at the time.

- Rodney Brooks

Hands-on experience is the best way to learn about all the interdisciplinary aspects of robotics.

Hands-on experience is the best way to learn about all the interdisciplinary aspects of robotics.

- Rodney Brooks

I won some genetic lottery. I always happened to be strangely good at mathematics in my head. I just popped out weird.

I won some genetic lottery. I always happened to be strangely good at mathematics in my head. I just popped out weird.

- Rodney Brooks

I moved to MIT from Stanford in 1984 to teach, and became the founding director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab.

I moved to MIT from Stanford in 1984 to teach, and became the founding director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab.

- Rodney Brooks

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