Marc Raibert

15 years ago, probably.

15 years ago, probably.

It took me a while to realize I was a contrarian. But, you know, it can be a useful tool.

It took me a while to realize I was a contrarian. But, you know, it can be a useful tool.

It took me a while to realize I was a contrarian. But, you know, it can be a useful tool.

I'd rather talk about, there's a guy, when we were doing a lot of DARPA work, there was a Marine, Ed Tovar, who's still around, who his, what he would always say is when someone would say, oh, you can't do that, he'd say, why not? And it's a great question. I ask all the time when I'm thinking, oh, we're not going to do that. And I say, why not? And I give him credit for opening my eyes to

I'd rather talk about, there's a guy, when we were doing a lot of DARPA work, there was a Marine, Ed Tovar, who's still around, who his, what he would always say is when someone would say, oh, you can't do that, he'd say, why not? And it's a great question. I ask all the time when I'm thinking, oh, we're not going to do that. And I say, why not? And I give him credit for opening my eyes to

I'd rather talk about, there's a guy, when we were doing a lot of DARPA work, there was a Marine, Ed Tovar, who's still around, who his, what he would always say is when someone would say, oh, you can't do that, he'd say, why not? And it's a great question. I ask all the time when I'm thinking, oh, we're not going to do that. And I say, why not? And I give him credit for opening my eyes to

to resisting that.

to resisting that.

to resisting that.

When I was teaching at MIT, for a while I had undergraduate advisees where people would have to meet with me once a semester or something. And they frequently would ask what they should do. And I think the advice I used to give was something like, well, if you had no constraints on you, No resource constraints, no opportunity constraints, and no skill constraints. What could you imagine doing?

When I was teaching at MIT, for a while I had undergraduate advisees where people would have to meet with me once a semester or something. And they frequently would ask what they should do. And I think the advice I used to give was something like, well, if you had no constraints on you, No resource constraints, no opportunity constraints, and no skill constraints. What could you imagine doing?

When I was teaching at MIT, for a while I had undergraduate advisees where people would have to meet with me once a semester or something. And they frequently would ask what they should do. And I think the advice I used to give was something like, well, if you had no constraints on you, No resource constraints, no opportunity constraints, and no skill constraints. What could you imagine doing?

And I said, well, start there and see how close you can get. What's realistic for how close you can get? The other version of that is try and figure out what you want to do and do that. A lot of people think that they're in a channel, right, and there's only limited opportunities, but it's usually wider than they think.

And I said, well, start there and see how close you can get. What's realistic for how close you can get? The other version of that is try and figure out what you want to do and do that. A lot of people think that they're in a channel, right, and there's only limited opportunities, but it's usually wider than they think.

And I said, well, start there and see how close you can get. What's realistic for how close you can get? The other version of that is try and figure out what you want to do and do that. A lot of people think that they're in a channel, right, and there's only limited opportunities, but it's usually wider than they think.

Some people think I'm in a rut, right? Why don't I do it? And in fact, some of the inspiration for the AI Institute is to say, okay, I've been working on locomotion for however many years it was. Let's do something else.

Some people think I'm in a rut, right? Why don't I do it? And in fact, some of the inspiration for the AI Institute is to say, okay, I've been working on locomotion for however many years it was. Let's do something else.

Some people think I'm in a rut, right? Why don't I do it? And in fact, some of the inspiration for the AI Institute is to say, okay, I've been working on locomotion for however many years it was. Let's do something else.