Ken Goldberg is at the forefront of robotics — which means he tries to teach machines to do things humans find trivial. SOURCES: Ken Goldberg , professor of industrial engineering and operations research at U.C. Berkeley. RESOURCES: " The Bitter Lesson, " by Rich Sutton (UT Austin, 2019). R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue , by Karel Capek (2019). " The Robot in the Cloud: A Conversation With Ken Goldberg ," by Quentin Hardy (New York Times, 2014). Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence , by Hans Moravec (1990). " Stochastic Plans for Robotic Manipulation ," by Ken Goldberg (Carnegie Mellon University, 1990). " The Two Cultures And The Scientific Revolution ," by C. P. Snow (Cambridge University Press, 1959). Dex-Net Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology . Ambi Robotics . " The Telegarden ." EXTRAS: " Feeling Sound and Hearing Color ," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024). " Are Our Tools Becoming Part of Us? " by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024). “ My God, This Is a Transformative Power ,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023). " Drawing from Life (and Death) " by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023). " Aicha Evans Wants You to Take Your Eyes Off the Road ," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.