Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross

The physical world is actually pretty classical and pretty sparse.

So I would bet we don't actually need quantum computing at all to get to the virtual cell.

We solve protein folding without quantum computing.

We did it purely classically.

I think we get to virtual cell just by existing scaling of models like Maxi.

What was it?

Maxi something or other from NVIDIA, the trillion token cell model.

I think we just get lots of scaling of classical models, and that takes us there without enormous innovation needed.

Okay, so this is happening.

I think in the last episode I mentioned that one of my operational definitions of the singularity is all sci-fi tropes happening everywhere all at once.

One of those sci-fi tropes is, call it the iRobot trope, where there are just humanoid robots in every facet of life.

Today, earlier today at the MIT Media Lab, for those who were there, people saw me for about an hour controlling a Unitary robot marching in loop after loop around the Media Lab on the sixth floor.

And people were taking selfies.

Everyone wanted to take a selfie with me and the Unitary.

And I was doing this as sort of a bit of a promotional march for Professional Robotics League, which next, on April 19th, so nine days from today,

when we're recording the weekend of the Boston Marathon, is going to hold the United States, the country's first professional robotics league match with robots racing 50 meters in the Boston seaport.

This is all happening.

We're finally catching up to the iRobot future where robots permeate every aspect of life.

For better, for worse right now, it's Chinese robots that are leading.

I'm hoping to