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> [If we are machines, then in principle at least, we should be able to build machines out of other stuff, which are just as alive as we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/if-we-are-machines-then-in-principle-at-least-we-should-be-able-to/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

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## More by Rodney Brooks

> [If you make your robot look exactly like Albert Einstein, then the robot better be as smart as Einstein, or its user is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/if-you-make-your-robot-look-exactly-like-albert-einstein-then-the/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [Robotics is very interdisciplinary, and so, except at a very few colleges, there is not a major that is exactly fitted to robotics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/robotics-is-very-interdisciplinary-and-so-except-at-a-very-few/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [When I look out in the future, I can't imagine a world, 500 years from now, where we don't have robots everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/when-i-look-out-in-the-future-i-can-t-imagine-a-world-500-years-from/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [I won some genetic lottery. I always happened to be strangely good at mathematics in my head. I just popped out weird.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/i-won-some-genetic-lottery-i-always-happened-to-be-strangely-good-at/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [Two big questions that people ask me are: if we make these robots more and more human-like, will we accept them - will they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/two-big-questions-that-people-ask-me-are-if-we-make-these-robots-more/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [You can make the assumption that most human drivers are not out to kill pedestrians. Well, maybe in some parts of Boston they are.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/you-can-make-the-assumption-that-most-human-drivers-are-not-out-to/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [Each of the essays in this volume ranges widely across technical and philosophical domains. They examine both familiar automatons from throughout history and delight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/each-of-the-essays-in-this-volume-ranges-widely-across-technical-and/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [Every technology, every science that tells us more about ourselves, is scary at the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/every-technology-every-science-that-tells-us-more-about-ourselves-is/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [I begin by looking for megatrends, changes in the world that will create major new demands. My goal is to create a company that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/i-begin-by-looking-for-megatrends-changes-in-the-world-that-will/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [Much to the surprise of the builders of the first digital computers, programs written for them usually did not work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/much-to-the-surprise-of-the-builders-of-the-first-digital-computers/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [The most important thing for building a robot that you can interact with socially is its visual attention system. Because what it pays attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/the-most-important-thing-for-building-a-robot-that-you-can-interact/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [If you want a machine to be able to interact with people, it better not do things that are surprising to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/if-you-want-a-machine-to-be-able-to-interact-with-people-it-better/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [Hands-on experience is the best way to learn about all the interdisciplinary aspects of robotics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/hands-on-experience-is-the-best-way-to-learn-about-all-the/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [I always tell people, it's never too late to start saving for retirement. It's not that important how much you have already saved. What's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/i-always-tell-people-it-s-never-too-late-to-start-saving-for/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

> [I moved to MIT from Stanford in 1984 to teach, and became the founding director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/i-moved-to-mit-from-stanford-in-1984-to-teach-and-became-the-founding/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

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