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Alison Gopnik on the different (and similar) ways robots and children learn

The Robot Brains Podcast

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Is There Evidence That Longer Childhood Can Lead to Higher Levels of Intelligence?

Evolutionarily, there's evidence that longer childhood can lead to higher levels of intelligence. The longer the period of immaturity, the more, the bit larger brain the animal has and the more they rely on learning. And i think even in humans. We want robots that can deal with changes in the environment and be robust and resiliat and figure out what to do. That actually makes them more resilient when having things later on.

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