About this episode

In this episode, the hosts discuss their experiences with robots and the challenges that arise when technology doesn't work as expected.

In our 98th episode, we list the things we've been building with our robots and figure out who we're really yelling at when it all goes wrong. Mentioned, referenced, or obsessed over: Planetfall , the Infocom game that gave Floyd his name Rands Leadership Slack Managing Humans Railway Supabase Bear Ghostty Cory Doctorow on centaurs and reverse-centaurs Related Important Things episodes: EP 73: The One About Robots EP 83: The One About Your AI Tools

People in this episode

Host: Michael Lopp

Topics covered

• robots
• AI tools
• leadership
• technology
• automation

Keywords

• robots
• AI
• leadership
• technology
• automation
• Cory Doctorow
• Planetfall

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Planetfall, Managing Humans, Rands Leadership Slack, Bear Ghostty, EP 73: The One About Robots, EP 83: The One About Your AI Tools

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