Listen "503: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics"
Episode Synopsis
Pieter Abbeel joins us to discuss his work as an academic and entrepreneur in the field of AI robotics and what the future of the industry holds.
In this episode you will learn:
How does Pieter do it all? [5:45]
Pieter’s exciting areas of research [12:30]
Research application at Covariant [32:27]
Getting into AI robotics [42:18]
Traits of good AI robotics apprentices [49:38]
Valuable skills [56:40]
What Pieter hopes to look back on [1:04:30]
LinkedIn Q&A [1:06:51]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/503
In this episode you will learn:
How does Pieter do it all? [5:45]
Pieter’s exciting areas of research [12:30]
Research application at Covariant [32:27]
Getting into AI robotics [42:18]
Traits of good AI robotics apprentices [49:38]
Valuable skills [56:40]
What Pieter hopes to look back on [1:04:30]
LinkedIn Q&A [1:06:51]
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/503
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