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How Do Machines Map the World? A Conversation With Geospatial Legend Brian McClendon

The TLDW Version of this is that Brian McClendon admits that robotics itself is a complicated science(he's got a point there) and that the AI companies can't do anything without Niantic's help. PS if you want to watch the whole thing, skip past the first 20 minutes, the actual interview starts at 2…

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  1. 2026-10-17 22:55 · r/artificial
    How Do Machines Map the World? A Conversation With Geospatial Legend Brian McClendon

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