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Stephen Witt

  • Research and Resiliency Manager, NYC Department of Social Services Emergency Management Division
Brooklyn
As seen in: MSN, The New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times of India, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Times, New York Post and
Novelist/Journalist/Singer-songwriter Originally from Chicago. Currently Political Editor-in-Chief Schneps Media
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The A.I. Robots Are Coming

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By Stephen Witt
| The New Yorker Verified
“The same robot that can land a backflip might not be able to walk up a flight of stairs,” a researcher said.Illustration by La Boca Watching an autonomous humanoid robot come to life is one of the more stunning experiences of my career. A hand articulates, the head swivels, and the legs begin to take tentative, deliberate steps. The machine moves with circumspection, as if consciousness had just been ensouled in a new body.
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La revolución de los robots

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By Stephen Witt
| nuevospapeles.com
¿Están los humanoides listos para ser desplegados? Traducción Alejandro Garvie Un día soleado en Silicon Valley, visité la sede industrial de 1X Technologies. La seguridad era estricta, así que tuve que tapar la cámara de mi celular con una pegatina y convencerlos de no firmar un acuerdo de confidencialidad antes de que me llevaran a un espacio enorme para conocer a Neo, el robot doméstico de la compañía.
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Are Humanoid Robots Ready to Be Deployed?

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By Stephen Witt
| The New Yorker Verified
On a recent sunny day in Silicon Valley, I visited the industrial headquarters of 1X Technologies. Security was tight, so I had to put a sticker over my cellphone’s camera and talk my way out of signing an N.D.A. before I was brought into an enormous space to meet Neo, the company’s home robot. Neo stands five feet six and has no facial features except for two black cameras in place of eyes.
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