“A robot that has any real idea about its own existence, or the existence of humans in the way that a six year old understands humans. NIML — Not In My Lifetime, i.e., not before 2050.”
Roboticist; MIT Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus); co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics; co-founder and CTO of Robust.AI
Said Jan 1, 2018Deadline Jan 1, 2050Rodney Brooks, "My Dated Predictions," rodneybrooks.com, January 1, 2018
One of five predictions Brooks labels NIML, which he defines as after January 1, 2050, just past his 95th birthday.