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Listen "#29 Bernt Bornich: AI & Robots Solving General Labor; Humanoids In The Home"
Episode Synopsis
Jordan sits down with Bernt Bornich, founder & CEO of @1X-tech , to discuss how humanoid robots and AI will transform the way we work, produce, and live. Bernt shares his vision for building an AGI company that uses robots to solve both intelligence and general laborWhy the internet is much smaller than you thinkChallenges with AI training data and robot performanceWhy 1X Technologies is fully vertically integrated1x’s strategy behind deploying robots in homes before workplacesThe role of AI in enabling robots to interact with the physical worldIf you're interested in robotics, the future of labor, or AI that interacts with the physical world, don’t miss this one.#robots #ai #decentralization #humanoids Chapters:00:00 Introduction02:07 Robotics Going From Specialized To General Systems05:51 Having A Dystopian View Is Easy07:35 Insane Amounts Of Data Are Needed For Robots To Work12:16 Why Robot Data Is More Valuable Than Internet Data15:56 Real-World Training Challenges22:50 Social Context & The Intelligence Gap28:56 World Models Breakdown33:30 Reinforcement Learning Breakdown40:18 Teleoperation Breakdown42:21 Simulation Training Breakdown45:38 Why 1X Is Fully Vertically Integrated51:16 1X Humanoid Design Decisions55:54 Rationale For Going Through The Home First59:28 Importance Of Early Adopters1:01:01 Rapid Fire: Robot Myths, Predictions, & Sci-Fi🔗 Follow Jordan on X: https://x.com/jrwolfe👉 Links to Bernt’s Work:- 1X Technologies – https://www.1x.tech- Twitter – https://x.com/berntbornich- Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/bbornich/- LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernt-børnich-032ba38/?originalSubdomain=no 👉 Key Influences and Resources Mentioned:- Paper: “World Models” by Ha and Schmidhuber (2018) – https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10122- Book: Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark – https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/024123719X- Research: “The Bitter Lesson” by Rich Sutton – https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~eunsol/courses/data/bitter_lesson.pdfSubscribe & Follow:📰 Join the Substack – https://goingdirect.substack.com/subscribe 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-direct-conversations/id1800505663📺 Subscribe to YouTube for more deep dives on decentralization, robots, and the real economy.
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