#325 – Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots
Lex Fridman Podcast
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The Pros and Cons of Using Material with a Mind of Its Own
Defining robots by their physical makeup is not useful for engineers/nEngineers should focus on the level of dependency and agency a robot has/nThe techniques used to work with robots depend on their level of agency/nWorking with agential materials involves collaboration with materials that have some level of preferences, goals, memories, and ability to anticipate/nCells can also have some level of agency
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