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Matt McMullen - Age of the Companion Robot
The Bits & Bytes Series - Matt McMullen Hosted by Sia Sha Matt is the CEO of Realbotix, a technology firm based in Las Vegas, the aim of which is to integrate robotic components and AI into high end silicone dolls. 🤖 Specifically, Realbotix has created Harmony, a companion robot that has been featured on Vice News, the New York Times, and Forbes. Realbotix has recently raised $3m. 🤑🚀 Make a new friend! 👯 https://realbotix.com/ Timestamps: 2:44 Have we made ourselves lonely? 4:02 Cave syndrome: we actually like isolating ourselves 7:55 What do people talk about with a robot? 12:09 Replicating consciousness in AI 15:00 In the eyes of AI, are humans viruses? Parasites to the Earth? 17:10 Robots do it better! 21:05 Robot vs. human therapy 22:30 Do people treat robots worse than humans? 26:30 Improving social skills by talking to dolls 29:20 Matt’s takeaways through the years 31:40 Why put bad human traits in robots? Why jealousy? 33:55 Trekking through the VC industry 38:04 Why crowdfunding didn’t work for Realbotix 40:20 The future of robot companions Thank you Jessica Ge for editing this episode! ❤️
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