Formic’s Saman Farid: “A robot arm can do the work of eight humans”

The Times Tech Podcast

• Episode: Formic’s Saman Farid: “A robot arm can do the work of eight humans”
• Website: The Times Tech Podcast
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• Duration: 00:44:27
• Published: 2023-01-20 18:16

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Saman Farid, founder of Formic, to tlak about why we need more robots (3:40), the labour shortage (7:20), the growing universe of jobs that are automatable (10:00), the latest AI bubble (13:45), growing up in China (21:20), being inspired by China’s rapid industrialization (23:30), how AMerica is losing 10,000 factory workers each day (25:20), starting his first couple companies in China (29:30), the deep learning revolution (31:15), convincing factory owners to install their robots (36:40), why he thinks more robots is better for society (40:00).

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