Ken Goldberg

Oh, really? Yeah, because if you think about something that looks... human or a machine that has like surprising abilities. So people have been always fascinated by that. And they had these statues that use steam to sort of move their arms and stuff. So that has a long history. But they were functional or these were ideas drawn? No, they're functional. Wow.

Yeah, with like levers and chambers that would fill with fluid and then they would raise their arm.

Yeah, with like levers and chambers that would fill with fluid and then they would raise their arm.

Yeah, with like levers and chambers that would fill with fluid and then they would raise their arm.

Yeah, it wasn't steam per se, but it was just like liquid that would fill up a chamber. But they had simple mechanisms that goes up through the Greeks. And then there's all these stories about Pygmalion coming to life. You know, the statue comes to life. And the story, of course, there is that he falls in love with the statue. I don't know Pygmalion, so help me.

Yeah, it wasn't steam per se, but it was just like liquid that would fill up a chamber. But they had simple mechanisms that goes up through the Greeks. And then there's all these stories about Pygmalion coming to life. You know, the statue comes to life. And the story, of course, there is that he falls in love with the statue. I don't know Pygmalion, so help me.

Yeah, it wasn't steam per se, but it was just like liquid that would fill up a chamber. But they had simple mechanisms that goes up through the Greeks. And then there's all these stories about Pygmalion coming to life. You know, the statue comes to life. And the story, of course, there is that he falls in love with the statue. I don't know Pygmalion, so help me.

Pygmalion is a really good story to know. It's one of the Greek myths. And it's a sculptor who's renowned for being incredibly skilled. And he, at one point, sculpts this beautiful woman. And it's so lifelike that he falls in love with her.

Pygmalion is a really good story to know. It's one of the Greek myths. And it's a sculptor who's renowned for being incredibly skilled. And he, at one point, sculpts this beautiful woman. And it's so lifelike that he falls in love with her.

Pygmalion is a really good story to know. It's one of the Greek myths. And it's a sculptor who's renowned for being incredibly skilled. And he, at one point, sculpts this beautiful woman. And it's so lifelike that he falls in love with her.

How could he not? But then it has a tragic end because he won't eat and it never returns his affections.

How could he not? But then it has a tragic end because he won't eat and it never returns his affections.

How could he not? But then it has a tragic end because he won't eat and it never returns his affections.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's this archetype. It's Frankenstein. It's the same story that you see over and over again. Falling in love with an inanimate object. Falling in love with your creation. Oh, your creation. Oh, that's a good detail. Yeah, it's hubris. It's hubris. Oh, yeah, that's juicy. That's so deeply rooted in Western culture that we're warned against these kind of things.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's this archetype. It's Frankenstein. It's the same story that you see over and over again. Falling in love with an inanimate object. Falling in love with your creation. Oh, your creation. Oh, that's a good detail. Yeah, it's hubris. It's hubris. Oh, yeah, that's juicy. That's so deeply rooted in Western culture that we're warned against these kind of things.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's this archetype. It's Frankenstein. It's the same story that you see over and over again. Falling in love with an inanimate object. Falling in love with your creation. Oh, your creation. Oh, that's a good detail. Yeah, it's hubris. It's hubris. Oh, yeah, that's juicy. That's so deeply rooted in Western culture that we're warned against these kind of things.

It's overstepping to try to take on this God-like role. It's challenging God because you're being a creator. Exactly. So there's a lot of idea that that's going to come to a bad end. And I think that's largely what's behind all these fears.

It's overstepping to try to take on this God-like role. It's challenging God because you're being a creator. Exactly. So there's a lot of idea that that's going to come to a bad end. And I think that's largely what's behind all these fears.

It's overstepping to try to take on this God-like role. It's challenging God because you're being a creator. Exactly. So there's a lot of idea that that's going to come to a bad end. And I think that's largely what's behind all these fears.

That it's in the back of our minds that if we do this, there's going to be some price to pay. It's going to run amok. And that's the story with Frankenstein, right? It runs amok. And then the golem story, it precedes Frankenstein. In the 14th century, a rabbi, there was a lot of pogroms in this little village. So he makes a robot out of clay, just a being out of clay.