missing "Great Robot Race" memorable quote
October 24, 2010 4:28 AM   Subscribe

a couple of years ago i watched this great documentary about DARPA grand challenge "the great robot race" . ( site , full video , transcript). and one quote stuck with me ever since. it goes something like this.

"what we (humans) learn until we're five, computer will never understand. what we learn in school, computer learn better".
i kinda remember it was said (light heatedly) by a professor from RED's team.
but today i was looking for that quote and found it is not there.
i know i butchered the quote. but i like its message.
does anyone know, heard or seen it?
posted by yosh to Technology (3 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: BBC Horizon broadcast a copy of The Great Robot Race, redubbed by a british narrator and with some parts rearranged.

16 minutes into the the Horizon version is the quote you want.

"Everything we learn by the time we get to kindergarten, all the processing and motor control that we do, is infinitely harder for a computer to do than everything we learned past kindergarten - calculus, logic, all that kind of stuff computers are great at." - Jay Gowdy, CMU

Is it possible you saw the Horizon version?
posted by Mike1024 at 5:11 AM on October 24, 2010 [6 favorites]


Response by poster: excellent response, Mike
thanks and resolved
posted by yosh at 6:24 AM on October 24, 2010


Incidentally I've read quite a few reports on the Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge, so if you have any other questions feel free to PM me and I'll see if I can answer them.
posted by Mike1024 at 3:39 PM on October 24, 2010


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