Ken Goldberg

Model rockets were a big thing. And also, of course, I watched those shows like Lost in Space and things, and I liked robots from that.

So I was there yesterday, and it's actually so nice to return. It was wonderful. Okay, the story is that when I graduated in 1990, there were no jobs for robotics. And this comes back to what you were saying earlier. Robotics has had these waves, and it was in a trough at that time. It was a backlash to a lot of the over-optimism about robots. So there's this thing called AI winters.

So I was there yesterday, and it's actually so nice to return. It was wonderful. Okay, the story is that when I graduated in 1990, there were no jobs for robotics. And this comes back to what you were saying earlier. Robotics has had these waves, and it was in a trough at that time. It was a backlash to a lot of the over-optimism about robots. So there's this thing called AI winters.

So I was there yesterday, and it's actually so nice to return. It was wonderful. Okay, the story is that when I graduated in 1990, there were no jobs for robotics. And this comes back to what you were saying earlier. Robotics has had these waves, and it was in a trough at that time. It was a backlash to a lot of the over-optimism about robots. So there's this thing called AI winters.

Yes, since then. maybe the year 2000 it's only been positive there's been no negative so the students don't know they've never seen that but feifei and i we've lived through it and it's quite dramatic when suddenly everybody decides it's not going to work and it's not useful and all the funding dries up yes At that time, it was very interesting.

Yes, since then. maybe the year 2000 it's only been positive there's been no negative so the students don't know they've never seen that but feifei and i we've lived through it and it's quite dramatic when suddenly everybody decides it's not going to work and it's not useful and all the funding dries up yes At that time, it was very interesting.

Yes, since then. maybe the year 2000 it's only been positive there's been no negative so the students don't know they've never seen that but feifei and i we've lived through it and it's quite dramatic when suddenly everybody decides it's not going to work and it's not useful and all the funding dries up yes At that time, it was very interesting.

Japan was on the rise and everybody thought Japan was the future. There was a whole lot of hope that robots were going to do all the things we're saying today. And it didn't work. And so it was dismissed. It was a backlash.

Japan was on the rise and everybody thought Japan was the future. There was a whole lot of hope that robots were going to do all the things we're saying today. And it didn't work. And so it was dismissed. It was a backlash.

Japan was on the rise and everybody thought Japan was the future. There was a whole lot of hope that robots were going to do all the things we're saying today. And it didn't work. And so it was dismissed. It was a backlash.

That was later, but in 1990, I was looking at jobs in Japan and that was my only option. And then this job at USC came along. I was so lucky. I was so happy that they hired me.

That was later, but in 1990, I was looking at jobs in Japan and that was my only option. And then this job at USC came along. I was so lucky. I was so happy that they hired me.

That was later, but in 1990, I was looking at jobs in Japan and that was my only option. And then this job at USC came along. I was so lucky. I was so happy that they hired me.

Okay, so my version of this is that I was visiting California, and we were driving from San Francisco down to L.A. This was a couple years before. Someone had figured out that you could go to Esalen in the middle of the night and just go in and experience the hot tubs.

Okay, so my version of this is that I was visiting California, and we were driving from San Francisco down to L.A. This was a couple years before. Someone had figured out that you could go to Esalen in the middle of the night and just go in and experience the hot tubs.

Okay, so my version of this is that I was visiting California, and we were driving from San Francisco down to L.A. This was a couple years before. Someone had figured out that you could go to Esalen in the middle of the night and just go in and experience the hot tubs.

Well, it's been around for a long time, right? And it's on the coast. I remember we go and it's dark and there's nobody there. And I remember thinking, they're not going to open up in the middle of the night. What are you talking about? So we were standing there and I was like, let's go. And then all of a sudden this mysterious figure comes and unlocks this gate. We go in.

Well, it's been around for a long time, right? And it's on the coast. I remember we go and it's dark and there's nobody there. And I remember thinking, they're not going to open up in the middle of the night. What are you talking about? So we were standing there and I was like, let's go. And then all of a sudden this mysterious figure comes and unlocks this gate. We go in.

Well, it's been around for a long time, right? And it's on the coast. I remember we go and it's dark and there's nobody there. And I remember thinking, they're not going to open up in the middle of the night. What are you talking about? So we were standing there and I was like, let's go. And then all of a sudden this mysterious figure comes and unlocks this gate. We go in.

And sure enough, a couple comes out of those shadows and it's these two beautiful women. Okay. And they come in there. So there's three guys. Are they clothed? Everybody's clothes at this point, but then we go in at this point and they say, well, that's the thing because they say you can leave your clothes here and we'll walk down to the thing.