From Freecodecamp To Cto With Robotics Engineer Peggy Wang [podcast #159]

On this week's conception of nan podcast, freeCodeCamp laminitis Quincy Larson interviews Peggy Wang. She's utilized freeCodeCamp to study really coding, worked successful Big Tech arsenic a robotics engineer, and she's cofounder and CTO of Ego AI, which builds human-like agents for video games. We talk about: - How she grew up a first procreation migrant and nationalist schoolhouse kid successful Milwaukee - How her emotion of robotics helped her get into Stanford - How freeCodeCamp served arsenic a cardinal assets to build her developer chops - The adjacent early of humanoid robots, self-driving cars, and human-like AI agents successful games Links we talk astir during our conversation: - Peggy's GameDev company, Ego AI: https://www.egoai.com/ - Quincy's mobility and reply pinch hardware technologist Bruno Haid that he mentions toward nan extremity of this episode: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/podcast-hardware-engineering-bruno-haid/ Chapters 0:00:00 Teaser 0:00:00 Podcast Intro 0:00:00 Song - Passing Breeze 0:03:12 Introduction to AI and Robotics 0:06:21 Insights from CES 2023 0:09:06 The Future of Household Robots 0:12:13 The Evolution of Robotics and AI 0:15:12 The Importance of Humanoid Robots 0:18:14 Accessibility and Cost of Robotics 0:21:16 The Role of Software successful Robotics 0:24:14 Peggy's Journey into Robotics 0:27:17 Experiences astatine Stanford University 0:37:43 Navigating nan Path to Elite Education 0:43:31 The Evolution of Robotics and AI 0:51:05 The Intersection of Gaming and AI 0:58:52 Creating Infinite Games pinch AI 1:08:26 The Evolution of Virtual Characters 1:14:26 The Future of Self-Driving Cars 1:20:30 Advancements successful AI and Robotics 1:22:03 The Quest for Immersive VR Experiences 1:30:11 Creating Personalized Gaming Worlds 1:37:15 The Evolution of Game Engines 1:41:07 The Future of Game Development Tools 1:43:46 The Path to Humanoid Robots 1:47:59 The Human Element successful AI Decision Making 1:58:21 The Future of Robotics and Hardware Innovation