Inspired with Alexa von Tobel
00:41:06 · Alexa von Tobel, Boris Sofman
[00:41:06] S1: I totally agree with you. I think it is the the the Venn diagram between truly divergent categories where you find wild unlocked for society. So I I deeply agree with that. If you had to talk about another category that you're just fascinated to learn about right now that is not constructioned, what is it? What's just another place where the the world is catching your attention? [00:41:33] S0: Oh my gosh. Well, I got two answers for this. Like, practically the other area I was really excited about and was started to really explore was manufacturing, where I do think that there's going to be a world not too far in the future, where you start to create an increasing library of types of tasks that can be automated. They're increasingly sophisticated. And the combination of those can transform the way we think about manufacturing and assembly. Maybe less practically for me personally, but one that if I were to like transform and shift decades of experience into another area, it's genetics. I'm so fascinated by how something that was, it's effectively the software of the human body. And with that lens, can take all of the same types of approaches and mindsets that we have in AI today to a space that is, we talked about, the most transformative of our generation. [00:42:25] S1: I'm only smiling because that is precisely what I would have said too, and I deeply agree. [00:42:29] S0: I love it.
00:42:29 · Boris Sofman, Alexa von Tobel
[00:42:29] S0: I love it. [00:42:30] S1: Boris, last question. To date, what's been the biggest pinch me moment of your career? What's like the moment that when you tell your kids you're proud of, what is it? We'll end there. [00:42:41] S0: You know what? I I hope to have like many of these at Bedrock. At Waymo, it was being able to really see the first driverless car milestones, like the very first time in San Francisco commercial rides, then the very, very first freeway driverless that we like very, very directly kind of pushed and worked on. The reason being is that autonomous driving was the thing that got me into robotics. It was like this holy grail that was so exciting. And it was like this catalyst for so many people in the industry that pulled us into this like physical autonomy space. And it was this search of R and D for decades, and then finally hit this inflection point where it started to become real, and it was an incredible feeling for the first time. [00:43:26] S1: That's amazing. Boris, thank you so much for joining us today. Everybody out there, if you wanna check out Bedrock Robotics, please do. The website is incredible. Boris, we are rooting for you. Thank you for unlocking the future of everything, construction, humanity, saving lives, and for all your work at Waymo. I'm deeply personally grateful. Thank you. Thank you, Alexa. You're It's a the best Thank of [00:43:49] S0: you. Love the conversation and excited to talk again soon.
00:43:49 · Boris Sofman, Alexa von Tobel
[00:43:49] S0: you. Love the conversation and excited to talk again soon. [00:43:53] S1: Thank you all so much for tuning in today. If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review, subscribe. We'll be back again with another episode of Inspired with Alexa von Tobel. Thank you.