Chasing Immortality with Humanoid Robots | Eric Jang, S3 Episode 54
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While filming with Neo in my apartment I sat down with VP of AI @ericjang11 to learn about 1X's approach to robot intelligence and his his curiosity around immortality. 0:00 Intro 1:27 1X Overview 2:12 Eric's Origin 5:15 Why humanoids? 11:30 Supercomputers & deep learning 12:45 World models 14:21 Neuromorphic computing 14:40 Immortality 20:15 Robotics at Google 21:35 Skepticism of humanoids 27: 00 Joining 1X 31:20 Benefits of LLMs 33:50 Training models 35:30 Tele-op to autonomous  43:30 Data quality vs. quantity 47:00 How to train your robot 50:50 Data sponge 53:30 The 1X team 54:45 Safety 57:45 A lab in the cloud 59:26 Bio advancements 1:03:54 How does your brain work 1:06:14 Conway’s law 1:08:45 Eric’s favorite sci-fi 1:10:50 Life philosophy
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