Dhruv Batra

Dhruv Batra, an associate professor at Georgia Tech and research director at Meta's FAIR team, shares groundbreaking insights on blind navigation agents. He discusses the emergence of maps within these agents and the importance of the embodiment hypothesis for true intelligence. The conversation explores the distinctions between cognitive and robotic mapping, innovations in AI's navigational capabilities using multilayer LSTMs, and the crucial role of memory in spatial awareness. Batra emphasizes the need for responsible data usage and the fascinating evolution of AI methodologies in navigation.