Automation and Human Skills

This is a selection of highlights from episode #201 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:

Ken Goldberg on why your robot butler isn’t here yet

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Highlights:

• Luisa’s intro (00:00:00)
• Moravec's paradox (00:00:22)
• Successes in robotics to date (00:03:51)
• Why perception is a big challenge for robotics (00:07:02)
• Why low fault tolerance makes some skills extra hard to automate (00:12:29)
• How might robot labour affect the job market? (00:17:19)

Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong