[Hac-announce] Humanoid Robots. Virtual Reality. Which Technologies Will Last?--Re: Coming up: Timely Topics - Humanoid Robots | Saturday, May 30, 2026, 4:00PM to 6:00PM | Humanist Association of Connecticut

[Manny Sholem Ratafia]

As a follow-up to our May 30 meeting on humanoid robots, here is an 
interesting recent article (including a 5-minute audio version).--Manny

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/five-questions/harvard-business-school-humanoid-robots-andy-wu?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=weekly&utm_content=mid-july&utm_campaign=071726 


*Five Questions <https://www.harvardmagazine.com/topic/five-questions> * 
| June 11, 2026


  Humanoid Robots. Virtual Reality. Which Technologies Will Last?


    Harvard Business School’s Andy Wu discusses far-out innovations.

by Olivia Farrar <https://www.harvardmagazine.com/writer/olivia-farrar>

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Manny Ratafia
Tel: 475-209-7448

On 5/27/2026 7:47 PM, Manny Sholem Ratafia wrote:
> I'm looking forward to seeing you at our meeting on humanoid robots 
> and pot luck dinner. While the meeting will be on serious stuff--AI in 
> a human-like machine is pretty serious--I think you'll find it 
> entertaining too. As a reminder that there's a fun side to this, 
> here's a 3 minute video with some golden oldie music that you'll 
> recognize, along with some golden oldie robots (this is from 2020 
> which is robotic ancient history). See you Saturday.--Manny
>
> Do You Love Me? | Boston Dynamics Dec 29, 2020 (2:54 min)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw
>
>
> On 5/23/2026 8:45 AM, webmaster--- via Hac-announce wrote:
>> Coming up: Timely Topics - Humanoid Robots | Saturday, May 30, 2026, 
>> 4:00PM to 6:00PM | Humanist Association of Connecticut
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>> Timely Topics - Humanoid Robots
>> Saturday, May 30, 2026
>> 4:00PM to 6:00PM
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>> AI-powered Robots that move like humans are here and they’re doing 
>> much more than you probably think. They no longer need to be 
>> programmed. A human shows a robot what to do and the robot can teach 
>> itself— 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and they are quickly getting 
>> better and better.
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>> In this Timely Topics, we will watch some short videos on humanoid 
>> robots, including a little hype and also how difficult it is to make 
>> robots do every day human tasks.
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>> We'll start with a potluck dinner at 4:00pm, followed at 4:30 by the 
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