525: Some Sort of Metal

Embedded by Elecia White

May 14, 202601:02:59Technology

Dr. Tom Williams spoke with us about robots, ethics, teaching, and books. Then we talked about mines, umpires, water, and more books. Tom is the author of Degrees of Freedom: On Robotics and Social Justice (free at MIT P...

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