Chapter
Anthropomorphizing Robots
46:18 - 50:58 (04:40)
When robots interact with humans, they must be anthropomorphized to understand how they should operate in a human world. This is due to the fact that robots operate on the same time and spatial scales as humans, unlike viruses, which operate on a much smaller scale.
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Plant viruses can only enter plants through pests that inject them in while they're sucking sap out, since binding a protein to get across the plant cell wall is difficult.
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Plant viruses
Summary
Plant viruses can only enter plants through pests that inject them in while they're sucking sap out, since binding a protein to get across the plant cell wall is difficult. Fungi and plant viruses lack a specific receptor binding to penetrate the cell, but they use other methods instead.
ChapterAnthropomorphizing Robots
Episode#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This episode discusses the necessity of anthropomorphizing robots to understand how they interact in the human world and how treating viruses like humans may lead to incorrect assumptions.
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Robots
Summary
This episode discusses the necessity of anthropomorphizing robots to understand how they interact in the human world and how treating viruses like humans may lead to incorrect assumptions.