Cost-effective robotic arms and sponsorship for compliance services

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This chapter explores the cost-effectiveness of robotic arms compared to human labor in factories, emphasizing the significant savings they provide. It also discusses the importance of compliance for storing customer data and closing big deals, with an ad/sponsor segment promoting Vanta's services for achieving compliance.

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Today’s show:

Covariant CEO Peter Chen joins Jason to discuss the future of AI in robotics (1:33), the key concepts of reinforcement learning (13:50), and much more!

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(0:00) Covariant CEO Peter Chen joins Jason

(1:33) AI’s role in robotics and its value in e-commerce warehouses

(7:38) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist

(8:59) Reinforcement learning today and the AlphaGo moment

(13:50) The 2 key concepts of reinforcement learning

(17:35) Approaches to accessing data for AI in robotics

(20:35) Robotics hardware

(22:50) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist

(23:57) Covariant's hardware and software in use

(27:32) The importance of adaptability

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