Ep. 196 Robot Survival Skills

Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear Based Technologies

The early part of this century saw an explosion of television shows demonstrating extreme survival skills. I am talking about Survivor, Naked and Afraid, Man VS Wild, or anything Bear Grylls stars in. I think this was really to show how far we humans have gone from nature. We have lost almost all of our primal instincts, but in fairness, we do have them. Our inner caveman is always simmering below the surface. This is not true for robots. Sure AI has progressed in leaps and bounds over the past few months, but could an artificially intelligent robot survive in a harsh, remote environment? Could they learn survival skills without a single human present? That is the question we are going to tackle today. Our Enigmatic Engineer Ben Siepser is mostly robot, and as such, he reveals his first ever memories. These may hold the key to the survival of all robotdom.

Podcast Links
FGGGbT Ep. on Transformers
Fascinating Nouns Ep. on Dog Intelligence
FGGGbT Ep. on I Am Mother

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